Translating frontiers into practice: Taking the next steps toward improving hospital efficiency

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Mutter, Ryan L ^a   Rosko, Michael D ^b   Greene, William H ^c   Wilson, Paul W ^d  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

efficiency; frontier approaches; hospital

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 79251481873     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558710384878     Document Type: Article

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