Health care delivery restructuring and productivity change: Assessing the Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISNs) using the Malmquist approach

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Ozcan, Yasar A ^a   Luke, Roice D ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

clusters; data envelopment analysis; efficiency; Malmquist Index; productivity; regional systems; VISN

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALMQUIST INDEX APPROACH; ORGANIZATIONAL RESTRUCTURING; PRODUCTIVITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VETERANS INTEGRATED SERVICE NETWORK; VETERANS HEALTH;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 79251527252     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558710369912     Document Type: Article

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