Hospital quality, efficiency, and input slack differentials

Health Services Research

Volumn 43, Issue 5 P2, 2008, Pages 1830-1848

  Valdmanis, Vivian G ^b   Rosko, Michael D ^c   Mutter, Ryan L ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES   (United States)

^c WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Congestion; Data envelopment analysis; Hospital efficiency; Nurse sensitive outcomes; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PRODUCTIVITY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MEDICARE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; OWNERSHIP; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROGRAMMING, LINEAR; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 52149104738     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2008.00893.x     Document Type: Article

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