Technological change and efficiency in the presence of quasi-fixed inputs: a DEA application to the hospital sector.

DOI10.1016/S0377-2217(02)00712-9zbMath1053.90512OpenAlexW1985433588MaRDI QIDQ1420458

Valérie Vierstraete, Pierre Ouellette

Publication date: 2 February 2004

Published in: European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0377-2217(02)00712-9

zbMATH Keywords

EconomicsData envelopment analysisEfficiencyProductivityHealth services

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50) Case-oriented studies in operations research (90B90) Mathematical economics (91B99)

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