The market for efficiency analysis of health care organisations

Health Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1055-1059

  Hollingsworth, Bruce ^a   Street, Andrew ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RELIABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH FACILITIES; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 33750166466     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1169     Document Type: Editorial

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