effect on efficiency is related to differences in hospital planning in Germany and Switzerland. Based on the comparable …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 …

The introduction of hospital reimbursement based on diagnosis related groups (DRG) in 2004 has been a conspicuous … attempt to increase hospital efficiency in the German health sector. In this paper changes of hospital efficiency, quantified … reform. We implement a two-stage semi-parametric efficiency model that allows for spatial interdependence among hospitals …

effect on efficiency is related to differences in hospital planning in Germany and Switzerland. Based on the comparable …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 …

hospitals. Efficiency scores were computed using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The absolute efficiency of the hospital sector …This paper examines the efficiency of the German hospital sector over time and the relative efficiency of public …, welfare (both nonprofit) and private (for-profit) hospital sectors using data from the Federal Statistics Office of German …

period 1993 to 2013. State governments decide on hospital capacity planning (number of hospitals, departments and beds … examine whether hospital policy can stimulate hospital TFP growth. We exploit variation across German federal states in the …), ownership, medical students, and hospital investment funding. We show that TFP growth in German hospital care reflects quality …