Separating managerial inefficiency from influences of the operating environment: An application in dialysis

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 397-405

  Kontodimopoulos, Nick ^a   Papathanasiou, Nikolaos D ^a   Tountas, Yannis ^b   Niakas, Dimitris ^b  

^a HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Dialysis; Managerial efficiency; Operating environment; Slack adjustment

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEMODIALYSIS; MACHINE; NURSING MANAGEMENT; NURSING STAFF; PARAMETER; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRODUCTIVITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; DIALYSIS; GREECE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; DIALYSIS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; GREECE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 77954078275     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-009-9252-2     Document Type: Article

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