Efficiency of Hospitals in the Czech Republic

Jana Votapkova (Prochazkova) () and Lenka Stastna ()

No 2011/02, Working Papers IES from Charles University Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Economic Studies

Abstract: The paper estimates cost efficiency of 99 general hospitals in the Czech Republic during 2001-2008 using Stochastic Frontier Analysis. We estimate a baseline model and also a model accounting for various inefficiency determinants. Group-specific inefficiency is present even having taken care of a number of characteristics. We found that inefficiency increases with teaching status, more than 20,000 treated patients a year, not-for-profit status and a larger share of the elderly in the municipality. Inefficiency decreases with less than 10,000 patients treated a year, larger population, and more hospitals in the region.

Keywords: Efficiency; hospitals; stochastic frontier analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D24 I11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27pages
Date: 2011-01, Revised 2011-01
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eff, nep-hea and nep-tra
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