Using Data Envelopment Analysis to Analyse the Efficiency of Primary Care Units

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Deidda, Manuela ^a   Lupiáñez Villanueva, Francisco ^b   Codagnone, Cristiano ^c   Maghiros, Ioannis ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Data Envelopment Analysis; Efficiency; Electronic health record; Information and Communication Technologies; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORK; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SPAIN; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SPAIN; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84936749419     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-014-0122-1     Document Type: Article

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