A multiple stage approach for performance improvement of primary healthcare practice

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1015-1028

  Ramírez Valdivia, Martha T ^a,b   Maturana, Sergio ^b   Salvo Garrido, Sonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; DEA; Efficiency; Primary healthcare

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CENTER; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL AREA; TASK PERFORMANCE; URBAN AREA;

BENCHMARKING; CHILE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC SECTOR; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84856236239     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-010-9438-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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