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dc.contributor.authorSteinmann, Lukasen
dc.contributor.authorDittrich, Gunnaren
dc.contributor.authorKarmann, Alexanderen
dc.contributor.authorZweifel, Peteren
dc.date.accessioned2011-07-13T10:44:47Z-
dc.date.available2011-07-13T10:44:47Z-
dc.date.issued2003-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/48146-
dc.description.abstractA nonparametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is performed on hospitals in the federal state of Saxony (Germany) and in Switzerland. This study is of interest from three points of view. First, contrary to most existing work, patient days are not treated as an output but as an input. Second, the usual DEA assumption of a homogeneous sample is tested and rejected for a large part of the observations. The proposed solution is to restrict DEA to comparable observations in the two countries. Finally, hospital beds are treated as a discretionary input in one DEA and as a fixed input in the other, and the effect on efficiency is related to differences in hospital planning in Germany and Switzerland. Based on the comparable observations, hospitals of Saxony have higher efficiency scores than their Swiss counterparts.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aTechnische Universität Dresden, Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften |cDresdenen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aDresden Discussion Paper Series in Economics |x16/03en
dc.subject.jelI11en
dc.subject.jelI18en
dc.subject.jelC61en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordInternational efficiency comparisonen
dc.subject.keywordHospitalsen
dc.subject.keywordData Envelopment Analysisen
dc.subject.stwKrankenhausen
dc.subject.stwTechnische Effizienzen
dc.subject.stwData-Envelopment-Analyseen
dc.subject.stwVergleichen
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.subject.stwSchweizen
dc.titleMeasuring and comparing the (in)efficiency of German and Swiss hospitals-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn822340836en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:tuddps:1603en

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