Erratum: Measuring technical efficiency in primary health care: The effect of exogenous variables on results (Journal of Medical Systems DOI: 10.1007/s10916-009-9390-6);Measuring technical efficiency in primary health care: The effect of exogenous variables on results

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 545-554

  Cordero Ferrera, José Manuel ^a   Crespo Cebada, Eva ^a   Murillo Zamorano, Luis R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

DEA; Efficiency; Exogenous Variables; Primary Health Care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 79961169990     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-011-9782-2     Document Type: Erratum

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