The efficiency of the public dental services (PDS) in Cyprus and selected determinants

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Charalambous, Chrystalla ^a   Maniadakis, Nikolaos ^a,b   Polyzos, Nikolaos ^a   Fragoulakis, Vassilis ^b   Theodorou, Mamas ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cyprus; Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency measurement; Public dental services

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CHILD; CYPRUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYPRUS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIVATE SECTOR; SEX FACTORS; STATE MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885547593     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-420     Document Type: Article

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