EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS OF HOSPITALS IN THE GREAT PLAINS: AN URBAN-RURAL COMPARISON

Bhaskar Toodi, Allen Featherstone and Ronald C. Young

No 20806, 1998 Annual meeting, August 2-5, Salt Lake City, UT from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: This study examined the efficiency of a sample of hospitals in the Great Plains using a nonparametric approach. Technical efficiency was less than either allocative or scale efficiency. Urban hospitals are relatively more efficient than rural hospitals with respect to all efficiency measures. Private hospitals are more efficient than others.

Keywords: Health; Economics; and; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 15
Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.20806

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