| Literature DB >> 18038868 |
Michael D Rosko1, Jose Proenca, Jacqueline S Zinn, Gloria J Bazzoli.
Abstract
The primary objective of this study is to assess whether systematic differences in inefficiency are associated with hospital membership in different types of systems. We employed the Battese/Coelli simultaneous stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) technique to estimate hospital cost inefficiency. Mean estimated inefficiency was 8.42%. Membership in different types of systems was related to estimated cost inefficiency (p < .05). Compared to hospitals that were members of centralized health systems, membership in centralized physician/insurance or decentralized systems was associated with decreased inefficiency; membership in independent systems was associated with increased inefficiency.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 18038868 DOI: 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_44.3.335
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Inquiry ISSN: 0046-9580 Impact factor: 1.730