Accounting for quality in the measurement of hospital performance: Evidence from Costa Rica

Health Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 667-685

  Arocena, Pablo ^a   García Prado, Ariadna ^b  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Hospitals; Malmquist index; Productivity; Quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRACT; COSTA RICA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

COSTA RICA; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 34447628077     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1204     Document Type: Article

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