Measuring economies of scale at the city market level

Journal of Health Care Finance

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 78-90

  Valdmanis, Vivian G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES   (United States)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Constant returns to scale (CRS); Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Economies of scale; Hospitals; Variable returns to scale (VRS)

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; MARKET; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FLORIDA; HOSPITALS, URBAN; MODELS, ECONOMIC;

EID: 77956930529     PISSN: 10786767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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