Original article efficiency of resource allocation in the hospital sector after global budgeting under national health insurance

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 2900-2906

  Kreng, Victor ^a   Yang, Shao Wei ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency; Global budgeting; Malmquist index; National health insurance; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTIVITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TAIWAN; PROCEDURES;

BUDGETS; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TAIWAN;

EID: 84880946286     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.20123455     Document Type: Article

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