Bootstrapping DEA-based Efficiency Measures and Malmquist Productivity Indices. A Study of Swedish Eye-Care Service Provision

Mickael Löthgren () and Magnus Tambour ()
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Mickael Löthgren: Department of Economic Statistics, Postal: Stockholm School of Economics, P.O. Box 6501, 113 83 Stockholm, Sweden
Magnus Tambour: Centre for Health Economics, Postal: Stockholm School of Economics, Box 6501, 113 83 Stockholm, Sweden.

No 78, SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance from Stockholm School of Economics

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to use the bootstrap resampling technique to calculate confidence intervals for efficiency measures and Malmquist productivity indices. The efficiency and productivity measures are obtained from non-parametric linear programming models using primal production data. The bootstrap procedure is applied on a sample of Swedish eye-care departments, using data from the years 1992 and 1993. Significant positive changes in productivity are found mainly for departments located at medium sized hospitals. On average, the positive productivity change is due to a progressive development of the technology.

Keywords: Data envelopment analysis; efficiency measure; Malmquist productivity index; bootstrap; eye-care services (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C14 C15 D24 H42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 1995-10
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Published in Applied Economics, 1999, pages 417-425.

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