Approaching the management of hospital units with an operation research technique: The case of 32 Greek obstetric and gynaecology public units

Health Policy

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-31

  Katharaki, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Data Envelopment Analysis; Efficiency; Hospital management; Hospital performance; Quantitative analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL;

COST CONTROL; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; GREECE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MANAGEMENT AUDIT; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PROGRAMMING, LINEAR; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 36249023257     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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