Factors influencing community health centers' efficiency: A latent growth curve modeling approach

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 365-374

  Marathe, Shriram ^a   Wan, Thomas T H ^a   Zhang, Jackie ^a   Sherin, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health centers; Cost efficiency; Growth curve modeling; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERT SYSTEM; GROWTH CURVE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTIVITY;

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 34548062121     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-007-9078-8     Document Type: Article

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