Frontier-based techniques in measuring hospital efficiency in Iran: A systematic review and meta-regression analysis

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kiadaliri, Aliasghar A ^a,b,c   Jafari, Mehdi ^d   Gerdtham, Ulf G ^a,c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Iran; Meta regression; Stochastic frontier analysis; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; IRAN; META ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITALS; IRAN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84883022581     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-312     Document Type: Review

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