Measuring hospital performance in the presence of quasi-fixed inputs: An analysis of Québec hospitals

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 183-199

  Bilodeau, Daniel ^a   Crémieux, Pierre Yves ^a,b   Jaumard, Brigitte ^c   Ouellette, Pierre ^a   Vovor, Tsévi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ANALYSIS GROUP   (United States)

^c ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allocative inefficiencies; Hospital performance; Implicit price; Quasi fixed inputs; Returns to scale; Technical inefficiencies

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843129734     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PROD.0000016872.33530.e8     Document Type: Review

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