Comparing efficiency of health systems across industrialized countries: A panel analysis

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Frogner, Bianca K ^a   Frech, H E ^b   Parente, Stephen T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Health systems; International comparison; Life expectancy; Stochastic frontier analysis

Indexed keywords

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; BENCHMARKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA MINING; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; BENCHMARKING; DATA MINING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84942155991     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-1084-9     Document Type: Article

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