Cost and technical efficiency of German hospitals: Does ownership matter?

Health Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1057-1071

  Herr, Annika ^a,b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hospital efficiency; Ownership; Stochastic Frontier Analysis

Indexed keywords

CASE MIX; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; NON PROFIT HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; GERMANY; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, VOLUNTARY; HUMANS; OWNERSHIP;

EID: 51649114329     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1388     Document Type: Conference Paper

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