Effects of ownership, subsidization and teaching activities on hospital costs in Switzerland

Health Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 335-350

  Farsi, Mehdi ^a,b   Filippini, Massimo ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cost efficiency; General hospitals; Stochastic frontier; Teaching hospitals

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; INCOME; MEDICAL CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SWITZERLAND; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; OWNERSHIP; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 41049110818     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1268     Document Type: Article

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