V Valdmanis - Journal of Public Economics, 1992 - Elsevier
The research presented here applies the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to a sample of public (government-owned) and not-for-profit hospitals operating in Michigan in 1982. The …
YA Ozcan - Knowledge & Policy, 1992 - search.ebscohost.com
Examines the application of data envelopment analysis (DEA) to hospital-related technical efficiency evaluations. Critical review of literature; Approaches used in previous studies; …
YA Ozcan, RD Luke, C Haksever - Medical care, 1992 - journals.lww.com
Using a national data base of urban hospitals, the effect of ownership (government, nonprofit, and for-profit) on the technical efficiency of hospitals was examined. Efficiency …
The cost, technical, allocative and scale efficiencies of a sample of rural US hospitals are calculated via linear programming models. Tobit analysis is used to assess possible …
GM La Forgia, B Couttolenc - 2008 - books.google.com
Drawing on an eclectic array of research and evaluative studies culled from a mix of sources, this volume analyzes Brazilian hospital performance along several policy …
This book provides a concise synthesis of leading edge research in the theory and practise of efficiency measurement in health and health care. Whilst much of the literature in this area …
JA Nyman, DL Bricker - The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1989 - JSTOR
In recent years, nursing home care expenditures have approached 1% of GNP. Their growth is a major contributor to the escalating costs of health care. In this article, we analyze a …
VG Valdmanis - Medical Care, 1990 - journals.lww.com
The evaluation of public and nonprofit programs is made difficult by the lack of an accurate performance gauge. Maximum profits cannot apply in these cases, since most nonprofit and …
The performance of primary care should ultimately be judged on its effect on the health outcome of individual patients. However, for the foreseeable future, it is inconceivable that …