The analysis of efficiency among a small number of organisations: How inferences can be improved by exploiting patient-level data

Health Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 671-681

  Olsen, Kim Rose ^a   Street, Andrew ^b  

^a Dansk Sundhedsinstitut   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Multilevel models; Panel data; Stochastic frontier analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASE; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH FACILITIES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; SEX FACTORS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 47249107736     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1281     Document Type: Article

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