correction in the estimation of hospital performance. -- Hospital efficiency ; unobserved heterogeneity ; Bayesian inference …. However, the standard cost frontier model yields biased efficiency scores because it ignores technological heterogeneity … between hospitals. In this paper, efficiency scores are derived from a random intercept and an extended random parameter …

Switzerland. -- hospital inefficiency ; prospective payment system ; Bayesian inference ; stochastic frontier analysis … expectation of achieving cost efficiency gains. This article examines whether theoretical expectations of cost efficiency gains … can be empirically confirmed. In contrast to previous studies, the analysis of Switzerland provides a comparison of a …