A note on health care productivity with uncertain data

TY - JOUR

T1 - A note on health care productivity with uncertain data

AU - Hougaard, Jens Leth

AU - Overgård, Christian

N1 - JEL Classification: I12

PY - 2006

Y1 - 2006

N2 - The present paper suggests extending the FDH-method, known from the efficiency measurement literature, to cover interval production data. Interval data represent a direct way to handle data uncertainty and problems with data comparability which seem particularly prevalent concerning health care applications. We illustrate the method using a simple 1-input-2-output model on health care data from the OECD health statistics

AB - The present paper suggests extending the FDH-method, known from the efficiency measurement literature, to cover interval production data. Interval data represent a direct way to handle data uncertainty and problems with data comparability which seem particularly prevalent concerning health care applications. We illustrate the method using a simple 1-input-2-output model on health care data from the OECD health statistics

KW - Faculty of Social Sciences

KW - efficiency

KW - productivity

U2 - 10.1007/s10729-006-6283-9

DO - 10.1007/s10729-006-6283-9

M3 - Journal article

SN - 1386-9620

VL - 9

SP - 99

EP - 106

JO - Health Care Management Science

JF - Health Care Management Science

IS - 1

ER -