This paper investigates the cost and profit efficiency of German hospitals and their variation with ownership type. It is motivated by the empirical finding that private (for-profit) hospitals -having been shown to be less cost efficient in the past -on average earn higher profits than public hospit
Efficiency, ownership, and financing of hospitals: The case of Austria
✍ Scribed by Czypionka, Thomas; Kraus, Markus; Mayer, Susanne; Röhrling, Gerald
- Book ID
- 121591905
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 305 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1386-9620
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