This paper proposes new inverse data envelopment analysis (DEA) models considering input and output efficiency measures for the time substitution problem. We compare our DEA model with existing models in the literature. We show that existing models in the literature overestimate the required...

This paper analyses the productive efficiency of 141 public hospitals from 1998-2004 in two Canadian provinces; one a small province with a few small cities and a generally more rural population and the other a large province that is more urban in nature, with a population who mainly live in...