Titre :
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Hospital efficiency and transaction costs : A stochastic frontier approach. (2009)
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Auteurs :
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LUDWIG (Martijn) : NLD. Casemix. ;
Wim GROOT ;
Frits VAN MERODE ;
Maastricht University. Faculty of Health. Medicine and Life Sciences. Department of Health Organization Policy and Economics. Maastricht. NLD
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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Social science and medicine (vol. 69, n° 1, 2009)
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Pagination :
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61-67
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Hôpital
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Efficacité
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Coût
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Economie santé
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Sous traitance
;
Homme
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Europe
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS AR0x7nA8. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. The make-or-buy decision of organizations is an important issue in the transaction cost theory, but is usually not analyzed from an efficiency perspective. Hospitals frequently have to decide whether to outsource or not. The main question we address is : Is the make-or-buy decision affected by the efficiency of hospitals ? A one-stage stochastic cost frontier equation is estimated for Dutch hospitals. The make-or-buy decisions of ten different hospital services are used as explanatory variables to explain efficiency of hospitals. It is found that for most services the make-or-buy decision is not related to efficiency. Kitchen services are an important exception to this. Large hospitals tend to outsource less, which is supported by efficiency reasons. For most hospital services, outsourcing does not significantly affect the efficiency of hospitals. The focus on the make-or-buy decision may therefore be less important than often assumed.
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