The Focus Efficiency of U.S. Hospitals

Hospital productivity has been a research topic for over two decades. Whereas much has been learned regarding cost, technical, scale, and allocative efficiency as well as the impact that weakly disposable inputs/outputs have on hospital behavior, we expand on this research by examining size and serv...

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Published in:Atlantic economic journal 2013-09, Vol.41 (3), p.241-263
Main Authors: Ferrier, Gary D., Leleu, Hervé, Moises, James, Valdmanis, Vivian G.
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Data envelopment analysis
Economic aspects
Economic efficiency
Economics
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Health care expenditures
Health care industry
Health care policy
Health economics
Hospital management
Humanities and Social Sciences
International Economics
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics
Management
Medical care, Cost of
Metropolitan areas
Microeconomics
Productivity
Public Finance
U.S.A
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Cost control
Cost reduction
Data envelopment analysis
Economic aspects
Economic efficiency
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Economics and Finance
Economies of scope
Efficiency
Forecasts and trends
Health care expenditures
Health care industry
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Microeconomics
Productivity
Public Finance
U.S.A
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