Browsing Economic and Social Review by Subject "Hospitals"
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Efficiency in Northern Ireland hospitals: a non-parametric analysis
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1999)The study examines the technical, scale and size efficiency of acute hospitals in Northern Ireland over the six-year period, 1986-1992. The efficiency estimates are used to investigate whether the empirical evidence supports ... -
Equity in the utilisation of hospital inpatient services in Ireland? an improved approach to the measurement of health need
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2007)The complex interweaving of public and private provision in Irish hospitals has led to concerns that hospital care is not available to all on the basis of need alone. Previous research on Irish hospitals found that utilisation ... -
Testing for variation in technical efficiency of hospitals in Ireland
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2005)Funding in Irish hospitals is partially based on case mix, whereby resources are redistributed annually to hospitals with greater efficiency. Accurate measurement of efficiency is essential, so in this paper, we use Data ...