Federal state differentials in the efficiency of health production in Germany: An artifact of spatial dependence?

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 21-39

  Felder, Stefan ^a   Tauchmann, Harald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b RWI LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health production; Order m efficiency; Spatial autoregressive model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GERMANY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872331818     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: 16187601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-011-0345-8     Document Type: Article

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