Exploring the efficiency of hospital and pharmacy utilizations in Taiwan: An application of dynamic network data envelopment analysis

Kuan-Chen Chen, Sun-Yuan Lin and Ming-Miin Yu

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2022, vol. 84, issue C

Abstract: Building continuity of care by enabling optimal collaboration between hospitals and community pharmacies is critical. However, existing research on healthcare efficiency has largely focused on hospital services, and few studies have evaluated hospital services alongside pharmaceutical services.

Keywords: Hospital efficiency; Pharmacy efficiency; Healthcare utilization; Dynamic network data envelopment analysis; Community pharmacies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.seps.2022.101424

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