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Provedor de dados: 	31	
País: 	United States	
Título: 	Efficiency Analysis of Rural Hospitals: Parametric and Semi-parametric Approaches	
Autores: 	Nedelea,   I. Cristian; Fannin,   James Matthew.	
Data: 	2012-01-17	
Ano: 	2012	
Palavras-chave: 	Rural hospitals; Efficiency; SFA; Two-stage approach; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Health Economics and Policy; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Public Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; I18.	
Resumo: 	This paper examined cost efficiency differences between rural hospitals participating in the Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Program and a group of non-converting, prospectively paid rural hospitals using both a two-stage semi-parametric approach as well as stochastic frontier analysis (SFA).  CAHs receive Medicare cost-based reimbursement, in contrast with the rest of the hospitals reimbursed under Medicare prospective payment system (PPS).  However, cost-based reimbursement has been associated with inefficiency in hospital operations and, consequently, concerns have been raised about the efficiency of CAHs.  Results showed a positive and significant effect of CAH status on cost inefficiency under both model specifications suggesting that CAHs were less cost efficient than non-converting rural hospitals.	
Tipo: 	Presentation	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://purl.umn.edu/119725	
Relação: 	Southern Agricultural Economics Association&gt;2012 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2012, Birmingham, Alabama	
Formato: 	19