There has been increasing interest in the ability of different methods to rank efficient hospitals over their inefficient counterparts. The UK Department of Health has used three cost indices to benchmark NHS hospitals (Trusts). This study uses the same dataset and compares the efficiency rankings from the cost indices with those obtained using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Stochastic Fro...

In dieser Studie wird ein internationaler Effizienzvergleich der Stromverteilung in osteuropäischen Transformationsländern durchgeführt. Wir beziehen uns hierbei auf Polen, die Tschechische Republik, die Slowakei sowie Ungarn, und vergleichen die relative technische Effizienz der Regionalverteiler untereinander. Zum anderen wird die Effizienz mit denen der deutschen Regionalverteiler verglichen...

Policy makers are increasingly seeking to develop overall measures of the efficiency of public service organisations. To that end, the use ‘off-the-shelf’ statistical tools such as data envelopment analysis (DEA) and stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) have been advocated as tools to measure organisational efficiency. The analytical sophistication of such methods has reached an advanced stage of...

The increase in healthcare costs is a source of concern in most health systems, and the adoption of measures to control costs is at the center of current health policies in most European countries. Efficiency has become a key concern for hospital managers, who are under pressure to provide more services at a lower cost. Associated with this concern, there is an increasing interest of hospital m...

This study aims to analyze the growth of TFP in textile industry and product (TPT) Indonesia. Productivity analysis is carried out determine extent performance development how efficient Calculation value Total Factor (TFP) by decomposing components namely TEC, TC, SEC using Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA). uses type firm level TPT data years 2010-2014. The used secondary which result an annu...

This paper attempts to determine alternative methods of benchmarking the efficiency of electric companies to aid the regulator in crafting policies in enticing them to pursue more efficient production. This paper utilizes the data of electric cooperatives (ECs) in the Philippines, the one in charge of missionary electrification yet the smallest and most heavily indebted part of distribution sec...

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