Halkjær, Søren; Lueg, Rainer - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 37 (2017) 7, pp. 822-839
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze how specialization in hospitals affects operational performance, measured by the length of stay and readmission rate. The authors assess a public policy change in the Danish healthcare sector from 2011 which required that some hospital services had...