Assessing hospital efficiency : non-parametric evidence for Portugal

We compute DEA efficiency scores and Malmquist indexes for a panel data set comprising 68 Portuguese public hospitals belonging to the National Health System (NHS) in the period 2000-2005, when several units started being run in an entrepreneurial framework. With data on hospital services' and...

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Main Author: Afonso, António (author)
Other Authors: Fernandes, Sónia (author)
Format: workingPaper
Language:eng
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/2332
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/2332