Measuring health care productivity is important as health is a large sector of the economy and with the majority of … funding coming from public sources, the outlook for productivity growth is a critical factor in the debate about fiscal … sustainability. The UK has over 20 years’ experience of measuring health care productivity. The UK measure of productivity is …

from other regions, particularly from the South of Italy, where the services supplied do not cover such a broad range of …

of healthcare services among regions and hospitals, Italy represents an interesting case study to test the impact of …

-VP approach is used in order to calculate some Malmquist index numbers of productivity. This allows separating the Funds' effects … on factor accumulation from those on total productivity changes. Our evidence implies that the Funds had a weak, but … significant, impact on capital accumulation, total factor productivity change and employment. This impact is strongest in …

substantial cost savings and productivity gains. A common feature of their innovative models is the use of an assembly …

the case of Italy, where a mixed insurance system is in place. To this purpose, we specify a joint model for public and …

the case of Italy, where a mixed insurance system is in place. To this purpose, we specify a joint model for public and …