Scope and scale inefficiencies in physician practices

Health Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1091-1116

  Rosenman, Robert ^a   Friesner, Daniel ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GONZAGA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DEA; Efficiency; Physician practice; Scale; Scope

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PEDIATRICS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 8644246081     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.882     Document Type: Article

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