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  • Efficiency of the healthcare sector in the EU-28 at the regional level [Elektronski vir]
    Aristovnik, Aleksander
    The main purpose of the article is to estimate the regional performance of healthcare systems within the EU at the NUTS 2 level. Using multiple regional inputs and outputs to characterize healthcare ... provision, non-parametric methodology is applied to evaluate the relative efficiency of 151 regions in old EU member states (EU-15) and 54 regions in new EU member states (EU-13) in the period 2007-2012. The empirical results show that efficiency differs significantly across the selected regions. In general, less developed regions show a relatively high level of efficiency whereas capital regions seem to be the least efficient regions since they mainly serve as national medical centers employing a disproportionally large amount of health resources. The empirical study also finds evidence of the potential to improve health outcomes by ensuring a sufficient level of healthcare resources in those regions lagging behind significantly.
    Source: Managing intellectual capital and innovation for sustainable and inclusive society [Elektronski vir] : proceedings of the MakeLearn and TIIM Joint International Conference, 27-29 May 2015, Bari, Italy
    Type of material - conference contribution
    Publish date - 2015
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 4576430

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    http://www.toknowpress.net/ISBN/978-961-6914-13-0/papers/ML15-124.pdf

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