Financing reform and productivity change in Brazilian teaching hospitals: Malmquist approach

Central European Journal of Operations Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-152

  de Lobo, Maria Stella Castro ^b   Ozcan, Yasar A ^a   da Silva, Angela C M ^b   Lins, Marcos P Estellita ^b   Fiszman, Roberto ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian hospital performance; Efficiency; Healthcare reform; Malmquist index

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953356947     PISSN: 1435246X     EISSN: 16139178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10100-009-0097-z     Document Type: Article

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