An Analysis of Hospital Efficiency and Productivity Growth Using the Luenberger Productivity Indicator

Carlos Barros, António Menezes, José Vieira, Nicolas Peypoch () and Bernardin Solonandrasana ()
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Nicolas Peypoch: Université de Perpignan
Bernardin Solonandrasana: Université de Perpignan

No 2689, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We analyze the efficiency and productivity growth of a representative sample of Portuguese hospitals from 1997 to 2004, using an innovative approach by employing the directional distance function and the Luenberger productivity indicator. The primary advantage of our approach is that both input contractions and output expansions are considered. Our model generates a productivity indicator that is decomposed into the usual constituents of productivity growth: technological change and efficiency change. The results show that, on average, Portuguese hospitals did not experience productivity growth during the period analyzed. In addition, the incidence of positive productivity growth across Portuguese hospitals was remarkably low.

Keywords: efficiency; productivity; Luenberger productivity indicator; hospitals; technological change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I11 I18 L5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14 pages
Date: 2007-03
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Published - published in: Health Care Management Science, 2008, 11 (4), 373-381

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