Investigating the impact of endogeneity on inefficiency estimates in the application of stochastic frontier analysis to nursing homes

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 101-110

  Mutter, Ryan L ^a   Greene, William H ^b   Spector, William ^a   Rosko, Michael D ^c   Mukamel, Dana B ^d  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Endogeneity; Nursing homes; Quality; Stochastic frontier analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874571987     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-012-0277-z     Document Type: Article

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