Hospital capacity in large urban areas: Is there enough in times of need?

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-117

  Ferrier, Gary D ^a   Leleu, Hervé ^b   Valdmanis, Vivian G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b IESEG SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity utilization; DEA; Directional distance functions; Hospitals; Resource re allocation simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349506174     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-008-0099-1     Document Type: Article

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