correction in the estimation of hospital performance …. 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 …

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 … parameter frontier model, cost efficiency gains are found, particularly with a payment per patient case system. Payment systems …

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 …

of hospital efficiency to be carried out. This paper, therefore, relies on selected evidence to compare hospital … standard hospital treatments; ii) overall efficiency levels in a set of paired countries; iii) within-country dispersion in … individual hospital efficiency. The analysis suggests substantial cross-country differences in hospital performance. Although …

The paper estimates cost efficiency of 99 general hospitals in the Czech Republic during 2001-2008 using Stochastic …. -- Efficiency ; hospitals ; stochastic frontier analysis …