Background Decisions affecting cost and quality are taken across health and care but investigation of the mediating role of context in these is in its infancy. This paper presents a synthesis of the evidence on the contextual factors that influence ‘decisions of value’ – defined as those characterised by having a significant and demonstrable impact on both quality and resources – in health and ...

iran isone of the main pistachiogrowersinthe world. kerman province is the largest grower of pistachio and sirjan is one of the most important pistachio production areas of kerman province. it is important to the study of efficiency status of pistachio growers and improvetheir efficiency and optimum use of resources in the production. the purpose of this study was to determinationtechnical effi...

In this work, we present a numerical method for solving nonlinear Fredholmand Volterra integral equations of the second kind which is based on the useof Block Pulse functions(BPfs) and collocation method. Numerical examplesshow eciency of the method.

Abstract Many studies have reported findings regarding technical efficiency (i.e., resource use) for district courts around the world. However, our review of previous research did not find any targeting cost efficiency. To fill this gap, study investigates Swedish courts. We apply Farrell framework and decompose into allocative The finds substantial inefficiency in Sweden, which is mainly due t...

Efficiency analysis is used for assessing links between technical efficiency (TE) of livestock farms and animal diseases. However, previous studies often do not make the link with the allocation of inputs and mainly present average effects that ignore the often huge differences among farms. In this paper, we studied the relationship between exposure to gastrointestinal (GI) nematode infections,...

Industrial transformations in the production and business sectors provide a significant increase added value created by society through use of innovative technologies release products. Additional is provided combination processes: design technological know-how, progressive means objects labor, highly qualified personnel, attractiveness product or service for customer. Allocative (distributive) ...

Against the current backdrop of declining aid budgets, the efficient allocation of aid is of crucial importance for its effectiveness. Allocative efficiency (aid is allocated where it has the largest impact) has become at least as important as operational efficiency (aid is used in a way that maximises results per unit of spending). Donors have committed in international forums in Paris (2005),...