data envelopment analysis (DEA) two-stage approach, in which the determinants of efficiency scores are investigated …

efficiency are computed using a panel Data Envelopment Analysis. Overall, the empirical findings reveal that the hospitality … to help economic agents to improve their efficiency scores …

. The results show a significant impact of the use of DRG-based PPS on hospital efficiency level. In particular, we find … global budgeting. In this paper we investigate whether the different reimbursement systems adopted in the Italian hospital … sector affect significantly providers’ efficiency. Because of the high variation both in the financing and in the provision …

efficiency of universities in a fundamental way. Choosing Italy and Germany as two important illustrative examples we can take … recent literature exposes variations in their efficiencies. To gain insights into these differences we split the efficiency … method to measure efficiency, we separate short-term (transient) and long-term (persistent) efficiency, while controlling for …

this paper, an efficiency analysis of Italian and Spanish universities is conducted; as well as from a comparative … perspective. The efficiency scores are obtained using Data Envelopment Analysis. The results demonstrate a good average efficiency … relatively more efficient. Malmquist indexes show, in both cases, efficiency improvements in the period considered. In the …