A nonparametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is performed on hospitals in the federal state of Saxony (Germany) and in Switzerland. This study is of interest from three points of view. First, contrary to most existing work, patient days are not treated as an output but as an input. Second,...

Internationale Vergleiche von Krankenhausleistungen sind bislang selten. Die vorliegende Analyse untersucht die Effizienz der Krankenhäuser in Sachsen und der Schweiz mittels der Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), einem Verfahren zur Ermittlung der effizienten Grenze. Dabei wird im Sinne eines...

A nonparametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is performed on hospitals in the federal state of Saxony (Germany) and in Switzerland. This study is of interest from three points of view. First, contrary to most existing work, patient days are not treated as an output but as an input. Second,...

A nonparametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is performed on hospitals in the federal state of Saxony (Germany) and in Switzerland. This study is of interest from three points of view. First, contrary to most existing work, patient days are not treated as an output but as an input. Second,...

Internationale Vergleiche von Krankenhausleistungen sind bislang selten. Die vorliegende Analyse untersucht die Effizienz der Krankenhäuser in Sachsen und der Schweiz mittels der Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), einem Verfahren zur Ermittlung der effizienten Grenze. Dabei wird im Sinne eines...