Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a productivity measure for hospital services in Ontario. Design/methodology/approach – The study applied the Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI) to assess the efficiency of hospital services in Ontario, Canada, over the period 2003‐2006. The...

In this paper we compare productivity, efficiency and technological changes with and without case-mix as output categories using panel data on Ontario hospitals for the period 2002–2006. We use the Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI), Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), and non-parametric density...

Increases in Home Care (HC) services for the elderly have been a policy priority in recent decades. HC services include Home Health Care (HHC) and Homemaking/Personal Support (HM). We explored the interrelationship between receipt of publicly funded HM and HHC, and the determinants of the...