Employing post-DEA cross-evaluation and cluster analysis in a sample of Greek NHS hospitals

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1001-1014

  Flokou, Angeliki ^a   Kontodimopoulos, Nick ^a   Niakas, Dimitris ^a  

^a HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Cluster analysis; Cross efficiency; Data envelopment analysis; Hospital

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GREECE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITALIZATION; PHYSICIAN; SCORING SYSTEM;

BENCHMARKING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; GREECE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS;

EID: 84856209407     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-010-9533-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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