Efficiency measurement for hospitals owned by the Iranian Social Security Organisation

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 166-172

  Hajialiafzali, Hossein ^a,b   Moss, J R ^a   Mahmood, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Health Affairs Department   (Iran)

Author keywords

DEA; Health economics; Hospital efficiency; Iran; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; IRAN; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL SECURITY;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; IRAN; MANAGEMENT AUDIT; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OWNERSHIP; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 34250888136     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-007-9051-6     Document Type: Article

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