positions) of VA receivers (stages of use industries), while products of supply industries and their value added flow into these …

for carrying out certain tasks, it emphasises the inefficiencies that can result from an inappropriate use of these …

future economic growth. We believe that apart from banks, stress tests can be conducted on hospitals as well and will have … their merit. The proposed methodology for risk assessment in hospitals is only one of many possible solutions and has …

For-profit hospitals in California contract out services much more intensely than either public hospitals or private … nonprofit hospitals. To explain why, we build a model in which the outsourcing decision is a trade-off between net revenues and … predictions in a panel of California hospitals, finding evidence for each. These results suggest that a model of public or …

this. However, in hospitals, for example, consumption of a large number of inputs frequently has not corresponded to the … interest of research over its efficiency. This paper aims to assess the performance of the Portuguese hospitals and … particularly the contribution of the congestion effect. We use the non-parametric technique of data envelopment analysis (DEA) for …

This study uses farm level data to analyse the determinants of adoption of recommended wheat varieties in irrigated … enterprise on the farm are the important determinants of adoption of recommended wheat varieties while tractor ownership and … irrigation source play a positive but insignificant role in the adoption decisions. Age and tenure proved to be less of a …

This paper examines joint adoption of safer irrigation technologies under uncertainty. The new irrigation technologies …. The main hypothesis tested is that profit and health-related uncertainties influence adoption of safer irrigation … theoretically and empirically, these possible technology adoption uncertainties, and other relevant factors which influence farmers …

modern medicines has again set the stage for innovation and use of herbal medicines. The global market for herbal products is … medicines has again set the stage for innovation and use of herbal medicines. The global market for herbal products is … sector as a whole can grow and dependence on outside sources for primary health care is minimized. Use of farmer Interest …

this research is to study determinants guiding the adoption of new varieties of maize following the example of “Cameroon … varieties. The age, area, gender and risk seem to have no effect on the adoption of such varieties. …