data envelopment analysis (DEA) two-stage approach, in which the determinants of efficiency scores are investigated …

efficiency are computed using a panel Data Envelopment Analysis. Overall, the empirical findings reveal that the hospitality … to help economic agents to improve their efficiency scores …

of hospital efficiency to be carried out. This paper, therefore, relies on selected evidence to compare hospital … standard hospital treatments; ii) overall efficiency levels in a set of paired countries; iii) within-country dispersion in … individual hospital efficiency. The analysis suggests substantial cross-country differences in hospital performance. Although …

efficiency-enhancing mechanisms that a hospital puts in place. Finally, the research looks into some of the factors that affects …A major feature of healthcare systems is substantial variation in hospital productivity. Productivity widely varies … across NHS hospitals. This research investigates factors that may explain variations in hospital productivity. We employ a …

. The results show a significant impact of the use of DRG-based PPS on hospital efficiency level. In particular, we find … global budgeting. In this paper we investigate whether the different reimbursement systems adopted in the Italian hospital … sector affect significantly providers’ efficiency. Because of the high variation both in the financing and in the provision …