The impact of the Austrian hospital financing reform on hospital productivity: empirical evidence on efficiency and technology changes using a non-parametric input-based Malmquist approach
- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Health Care Management Science
- Vol. 3 (4) , 309-321
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1019022230731
Abstract
The 1997 hospital financing reform has been supposed to reduce considerable inefficiencies in the provision of hospital care in Austria. This paper focuses on the changes in hospital productivity...Keywords
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