Efficiency potential and determinants of efficiency: An analysis of the care for the elderly sector in Norway

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 468-486

  Borge, Lars Erik ^a   Haraldsvik, Marianne ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Care for the elderly; Data envelopment analysis; Determinants of efficiency; Efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349490948     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: 15736970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10797-009-9110-7     Document Type: Article

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