Health care service provision in Europe and regional diversity: a stochastic metafrontier approach

Abstract ■■■ In the last decades, demographic change coupled with new and expensive medical innovations have put most health care systems in developed countries under financial pressure. Therefore, ensuring efficient service provision is essential for a sustainable health care system. This paper inv...

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Main Author: Katharina Schley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:Health Economics Review
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13561-018-0195-5