Changes in hospital efficiency after privatization

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 310-326

  Tiemann, Oliver ^a,b   Schreyögg, Jonas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Germany; Hospitals; Performance measurement; Privatization; Propensity score matching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867557860     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-012-9193-z     Document Type: Article

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