Quality and technical efficiency do not evolve hand in hand in Spanish hospitals: Observational study with administrative data.

OBJECTIVE:Recent evidence on the Spanish National Health System (SNHS) reveals a considerable margin for hospital efficiency and quality improvement. However, those studies do not consider both dimensions together. This study aims at jointly studying both technical efficiency (TE) and quality, class...

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Main Authors: Sophie Gorgemans, Micaela Comendeiro-Maaløe, Manuel Ridao-López, Enrique Bernal-Delgado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6072019?pdf=render