Efficiency determinants and capacity issues in Brazilian for-profit hospitals

被引:43
作者
Araujo, Claudia [1 ]
Barros, Carlos P. [2 ]
Wanke, Peter [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro, COPPEAD Grad Business Sch, Ctr Studies Healthcare Serv, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
[2] Univ Tecn Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
[3] Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro, COPPEAD Grad Business Sch, Ctr Studies Logist Infrastruct & Management, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
关键词
For-profit hospitals; DEA; Bootstrap; Brazil; Efficiency; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; HEALTH-SERVICES; MANAGED CARE; DEA; OWNERSHIP; BOOTSTRAP; PRODUCTIVITY; SENSITIVITY; PERFORMANCE;
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10.1007/s10729-013-9249-8
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R19 [保健组织与事业(卫生事业管理)];
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摘要
This paper reports on the use of different approaches for assessing efficiency of a sample of major Brazilian for-profit hospitals. Starting out with the bootstrapping technique, several DEA estimates were generated, allowing the use of confidence intervals and bias correction in central estimates to test for significant differences in efficiency levels and input-decreasing/output-increasing potentials. The findings indicate that efficiency is mixed in Brazilian for-profit hospitals. Opportunities for accommodating future demand appear to be scarce and strongly dependent on particular conditions related to the accreditation and specialization of a given hospital.
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页码:126 / 138
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