A cross-national comparison and taxonomy of DEA-based hospital efficiency studies

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 158-189

  O'Neill, Liam ^a   Rauner, Marion ^b   Heidenberger, Kurt ^b   Kraus, Markus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Hospital efficiency; Stochastic frontier analysis; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MODELING; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 45849097257     PISSN: 00380121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seps.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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