Efficiency in Northern Ireland Hospitals - A Non-parametric Analysis

Donal. G. McKillop, J. Colin Glass, Christine A. Kerr and Gillian McCallion
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Donal. G. McKillop: Queen's University of Belfast
J. Colin Glass: University of Ulster
Christine A. Kerr: University of Ulster
Gillian McCallion: University of Ulster

The Economic and Social Review, 1999, vol. 30, issue 2, 175-196

Abstract: The study examines the technical, scale and size efficiency of acute hospitals in Northern Ireland over the six-year period, 1986-1992. The efficiency estimates are used to investigate whether the empirical evidence supports the subsequent current rationalisation policy for hospital provision in Northern Ireland. Non-parametric analysis is used to measure the efficiency of larger and smaller hospitals relative to best practice. The results cautiously support the current policy of expanding larger hospitals and restructuring/closing smaller hospitals, but also indicate that the expansion of large hospitals may not yield substantial efficiency gains.

Date: 1999
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