Technical Efficiency of Teaching Hospitals in Iran: The Use of Stochastic Frontier Analysis, 1999–2011

Background Hospitals are highly resource-dependent settings, which spend a large proportion of healthcare financial resources. The analysis of hospital efficiency can provide insight into how scarce resources are used to create health values. This study examines the Technical Efficiency (TE) of 12...

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Main Authors: Reza Goudarzi, Abolghasem Pourreza, Mostafa Shokoohi, Roohollah Askari, Mahdi Mahdavi, Javad Moghri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kerman University of Medical Sciences 2014-07-01
Series:International Journal of Health Policy and Management
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Online Access:http://www.ijhpm.com/pdf_2866_0fa8d9ea9b0d8a8a9401db7d21d2f1c2.html