Principal agent relationships and the efficiency of hospitals

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 291-304

  Ludwig, Martijn ^a   Van Merode, Frits ^a   Groot, Wim ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Hospitals; Principal agent relationships; Stochastic frontier estimation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HOSPITAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; HOSPITALS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 77954470072     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-009-0176-z     Document Type: Article

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