Total factor productivity (TFP) growth allows for additional health care services under restricted resources. We examine whether hospital policy can stimulate hospital TFP growth. We exploit variation across German federal states in the period 1993 to 2013. State governments decide on hospital...

Internationale Vergleiche von Krankenhausleistungen sind bislang selten. Die vorliegende Analyse untersucht die Effizienz der Krankenhäuser in Sachsen und der Schweiz mittels der Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), einem Verfahren zur Ermittlung der effizienten Grenze. Dabei wird im Sinne eines...

A nonparametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is performed on hospitals in the federal state of Saxony (Germany) and in Switzerland. This study is of interest from three points of view. First, contrary to most existing work, patient days are not treated as an output but as an input. Second,...

A nonparametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is performed on hospitals in the federal state of Saxony (Germany) and in Switzerland. This study is of interest from three points of view. First, contrary to most existing work, patient days are not treated as an output but as an input. Second,...

Rationale: This study focusses on the question of efficiency in the regulated German hospital sector under the influence of strong cost constraints and restructuring processes in the aftermath of German reunification. Objectives: The objectives of this paper are to measure and to compare...