Ventura, Juan; GonzáLez, Eduardo; Cárcaba, Ana - In: Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics 75 (2004) 4, pp. 549-573
This paper analyses the evolution of productivity in Spanish public hospitals during the period characterised by the use of program-contracts. The results demonstrate that a significant improvement has occurred. The decomposition of the Malmquist productivity index shows that efficiency change...