Efficiency of Hospitals in the Czech Republic
| Author(s): | PhDr. Lenka Šťastná Ph.D., PhDr. Jana Votápková Ph.D., |
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| Type: | IES Working Papers |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Number: | 2 |
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| Published in: | IES Working Papers 2/2011 |
| Publishing place: | Prague |
| Keywords: | Efficiency, hospitals, stochastic frontier analysis |
| JEL codes: | D24, I11 |
| Suggested Citation: | Procházková, J., Šťastná, L. (2011). “Efficiency of Hospitals in the Czech Republic” IES Working Paper 2/2011. IES FSV. Charles University. |
| Grants: | GACR 402/08/0501 (2008-2010) Political Economy of Public Spending |
| Abstract: | The paper estimates cost efficiency of 99 general hospitals in the Czech Republic during 2001-2008 using Stochastic Frontier Analysis. We estimate a baseline model and also a model accounting for various inefficiency determinants. Group-specific inefficiency is present even having taken care of a number of characteristics. We found that inefficiency increases with teaching status, more than 20,000 treated patients a year, not-for-profit status and a larger share of the elderly in the municipality. Inefficiency decreases with less than 10,000 patients treated a year, larger population, and more hospitals in the region. |
| Downloadable: |
WP 2011_02_Prochazkova, Stastna |
