Analysis of the cost and efficiency relationship: experience in the Turkish pay for performance system

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 459-469

  Gok, Mehmet Sahin ^a   Altındağ, Erkut ^b  

^a GEBZE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BEYKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Health care costs; Hospital efficiency; Pay for performance system; Public and private hospitals

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TURKEY;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; STATE MEDICINE; TURKEY;

EID: 84939859626     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: 16187601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-014-0584-6     Document Type: Article

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