Reforming the hospital service structure to improve efficiency: Urban hospital specialization

Health Policy

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-49

  Lee, Kwang soo ^a   Chun, Ki hong ^b   Lee, Jung soo ^c  

^a Eulji University   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Hospital specialization; Information theory index

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL SERVICE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NURSE; PHYSICIAN;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; KOREA; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 43949139543     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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