Allocative inefficiency in the production of hospital services.

Allocative inefficiency variations in the short-term hospital industry were investigated in an effort to fill a void in the literature on hospital cost. The data used to estimate the non-minimum cost function were derived from a cross-section of 331 short-term U.S. hospitals. Eakin and Knieser's a...

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Published in:	Southern Economic Journal Vol. 58; pp. 240 - 249
Main Author:	Eakin, B. Kelly
Format:	Article
Published:	Southern Economic Association July 1991
Subjects:	Resource allocation > Mathematical models Mathematical models Hospitals > Cost of operation
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