Technical efficiency in texas nursing facilities: A stochastic production frontier approach
A rapidly aging U. S. population is straining the resources available for long term care and increasing the urgency of efficient operations in nursing homes. The scope for productivity improvements can be examined by estimating a stochastic frontier production function. We apply the methods of maximum likelihood and quantile regression to a panel of Texas nursing facilities and infer that the average productivity shortfall due to avoidable technical inefficiency is at least 8 percent and perhaps as large as 20 percent. Non-profit facilities are notably less productive than comparable facilities operated for profit, and the industry has constant returns to scale. Copyright Springer 2007
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2007
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Authors: | Knox, Kris ; Blankmeyer, Eric ; Stutzman, J. |
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Journal of Economics and Finance. - Springer, ISSN 1055-0925. - Vol. 31.2007, 1, p. 75-86
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