Daidone, Silvio and D'Amico, Francesco
(2009)
Technical efficiency, specialization and ownership form: evidences from a pooling of Italian hospitals.
Journal of Productivity Analysis, 32 (3).
pp. 203-216.
ISSN 0895-562X
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Abstract
We evaluate how the productive structure and level of specialization of a hospital affect technical efficiency by analyzing a six-year panel database (2000/2005) drawn from hospital discharge records and Ministry of Health data. We adopt a distance function approach, while measuring the technical efficiency level with stochastic frontier techniques. After controlling for environmental variables and hospital case-mix, inefficiency is negatively associated with specialization and positively associated with capitalization. Capitalization is typical of private structures which, on average, use resources less efficiently with respect to public and not-for-profit hospitals. Finally, by looking at scale elasticities, we find some evidence of unexploited economies of scale, leaving room for centralization.
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Article
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| Official URL: |
http://www.springerlink.com/content/0895-562x/ |
| Additional Information: |
© 2009 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC |
| Divisions: |
Personal Social Services Research Unit |
| Subjects: |
R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| JEL classification: |
C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C1 - Econometric and Statistical Methods: General > C16 - Specific Distributions
I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health > I12 - Health Production: Nutrition, Mortality, Morbidity, Suicide, Substance Abuse and Addiction, Disability, and Economic Behavior
I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health > I18 - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
L - Industrial Organization > L2 - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior > L25 - Firm Performance: Size, Diversification and Scope, Age, Profit, and Sales
L - Industrial Organization > L3 - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise > L33 - Comparison of Public and Private Enterprises; Privatization; Contracting Out |
| Date Deposited: |
17 Feb 2011 13:40 |
| Last Modified: |
22 Apr 2024 04:06 |
| URI: |
http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/32638 |
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