An international comparison of efficiency of inpatient mental health care systems

Health Policy

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 88-99

  Moran, Valerie ^a   Jacobs, Rowena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bootstrapping; Cluster analysis; Cross country comparisons; Data envelopment analyis; Inpatient mental health services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; HOSPITALIZATION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 84885191198     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.06.011     Document Type: Article

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