Modelling hospital costs to produce evidence for policies that promote equity and efficiency

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 933-947

  Oliveira, Mónica D ^a,b   Bevan, Gwyn ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allocative efficiency; Health services; Hospitals; Portugal; Unavoidable costs

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; PUBLIC POLICY;

ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY; HEALTH SERVICES; PORTUGAL; UNAVOIDABLE COSTS;

COST ACCOUNTING;

EID: 34848885473     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2006.02.053     Document Type: Article

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