Does the adoption of new technology boost productive efficiency in the public sector? the case of ICUs system

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 427-433

  Tsekouras, Kostas ^a   Papathanassopoulos, Fotis ^b   Kounetas, Kostas ^a   Pappous, Giorgos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b Institute of Biomedical Technology   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bootstrapped DEA; Intensive care units; Medical technology; Productive efficiency

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION; BOOTSTRAPPED DEA; DATA SETS; EUROPEAN UNION; FINANCIAL RESOURCES; MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; PRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCY; PUBLIC HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC SECTOR; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

HEALTH CARE; LAKES; TECHNOLOGY;

INTENSIVE CARE UNITS;

EID: 77957758458     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2010.07.041     Document Type: Conference Paper

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