Review: Stochastic frontier analysis of hospital inefficiency - A review of empirical issues and an assessment of robustness

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-166

  Rosko, Michael D ^a   Mutter, Ryan L ^b  

^a WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital efficiency; Stochastic frontier analysis

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MEDICARE; REVIEW; STOCHASTIC MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH ECONOMICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; MODELS, ECONOMIC; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40449098541     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558707307580     Document Type: Review

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