This study examines variations in efficiency among hospitals located in western and southern Ukraine. We estimated efficiency using a nonparemetric modeling technique known as data envelopment analysis (DEA). DEA is a very powerful tool to compare relative efficiency among several economic units...

Rationale: This study builds on two previous published studies of the efficiency of hospitals and polyclinics in Ukraine: In this study we estimate the relationship between polyclinic efficiency and changes in hospital efficiency in organizationally related units. Methods: We used Data...