East - West: Does it make a difference to hospital efficiencies in Ukraine?

Health Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1173-1186

  Pilyavsky, Anatoly I ^a,b   Aaronson, William E ^c,h   Bernet, Patrick M ^d   Rosko, Michael D ^e   Valdmanis, Vivian G ^f   Golubchikov, Mikhail V ^g  

^a LVIV UNIVERSITY OF TRADE AND ECONOMICS   (Ukraine)

^b WARSAW SCHOOL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES   (United States)

^g Ministry of Health of Ukraine   (Ukraine)

^h Cochran Research Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural influence and economic behavior; Data envelopment analysis; Health reform; Hospital efficiency; Technical efficiency; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DECISION MAKING; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; MANAGER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY; UKRAINE;

CULTURE; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; UKRAINE;

EID: 33750692710     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1120     Document Type: Article

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