Journal article
The Determinants of the Technical Efficiency of Acute Inpatient Care in Canada
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the technical efficiency of acute inpatient care at the pan-Canadian level and to explore the factors associated with inefficiency-why hospitals are not on their production frontier.
DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING: Canadian Management Information System (MIS) database (CMDB) and Discharge Abstract Database (DAD) for the fiscal year of 2012-2013.
Authors
Wang L; Grignon M; Perry S; Chen X; Ytsma A; Allin S; Gapanenko K
Journal
Health Services Research, Vol. 53, No. 6, pp. 4829–4847
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
12 2018
DOI
10.1111/1475-6773.12861
ISSN
0017-9124