Comparative Efficiency Analysis of Referral Costs in

The aim of this paper is to compare English General Practitioner (GP) units in terms of their overall referral costs through Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Results revealed potential cost savings and benchmark practices under 4 perspectives: ‘overall cost efficiency’, ‘technical efficiency’, ‘allo...

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Main Author: Portela, Maria (author)
Other Authors: Thanassoulis, Emmanuel (author), Graveney, Mike (author)
Format: conferenceObject
Language:eng
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/3758
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ucp.pt:10400.14/3758