Technical efficiency of public district hospitals in Madhya Pradesh, India: A data envelopment analysis

Global Health Action

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Jat, Tej Ram ^a,b   Sebastian, Miguel San ^b  

^a UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Health services; Hospital efficiency; India; Madhya Pradesh

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL EFFICIENCY; HUMAN; INDIA; MADHYA PRADESH; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STANDARD; STATISTICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL EFFICIENCY; INDIA; MADHYA PRADESH;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INDIA; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84886301235     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v6i0.21742     Document Type: Article

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