A multi-criteria data envelopment analysis model for measuring the productive efficiency of hospitals

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 879-891

  Al Shammari, Minwir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency; Hospitals; Linear programming; Modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543086341     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443579910280205     Document Type: Article

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