Using the DEA-R model in the hospital industry to study the pseudo-inefficiency problem

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 2172-2176

  Wei, Ching Kuo ^a   Chen, Liang Chih ^b   Li, Rong Kwei ^b   Tsai, Chih Hung ^c  

^a ORIENTAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Data Envelopment Analysis; Pseudo inefficiency; Weight restriction assumption

Indexed keywords

DEA MODELS; OPTIMAL WEIGHT; PSEUDO-INEFFICIENCY; WEIGHT RESTRICTION;

DATA HANDLING; HOSPITALS; WEIGHING;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 78049527261     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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