Incorporating efficiency in hospital-capacity planning in Germany

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 213-223

  Kuntz, Ludwig ^a   Scholtes, Stefan ^b   Vera, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Hospital capacity planning; Hospital efficiency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HOSPITALIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BED OCCUPANCY; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; GERMANY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; PROGRAMMING, LINEAR; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 34547763710     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-006-0021-6     Document Type: Article

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