This paper examined cost efficiency differences between rural hospitals participating in the Critical Access Hospital … been associated with inefficiency in hospital operations and, consequently, concerns have been raised about the efficiency …

compare the efficiency of ethanol production in China and Brazil. To estimate the extent output can be proportionally expanded …

The objective of this paper was to examine the cost efficiency of corn and soybean production for typical farms … involved in the cash crop agri benchmark network. Using a data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach, efficiency indices were …, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Vietnam, and South Africa. Average technical efficiency was 0 …

determining farmers' efficiency in Ethiopia are having access to the public extension system, participation in off-farm activities …. Annual technical change between 1999 and 2004 is about one percent while annual efficiency change during the same period is …

This paper examined the relationship between cost efficiency and feed grain production in Kansas. Using data from 2002 … to 2011, corn production was significantly and positively related to cost efficiency in eastern and western Kansas, while … grain sorghum production was significant and positively related to cost efficiency in central Kansas. …

vessel efficiency is increasing over time and crew size and effort are positively correlated with efficiency. The vertical …

The paper uses a stochastic frontier analysis of production functions to estimate the level of technical efficiency in … show that the mean level of technical efficiency among the sampled countries was about 86 percent, with some modest … a number of least developed countries have high mean efficiency scores, implying a need to focus on investment that …