Prague Economic Papers 2013, 22(4):524-541 | DOI: 10.18267/j.pep.466

Efficiency of Hospitals in the Czech Republic

Jana Votápková, Lenka ©»astná
Institute of Economic Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Opletalova 26, Prague, CZ-110 00 (votapkovaj@fsv.cuni.cz).

The paper estimates cost efficiency of 99 general hospitals in the Czech Republic during 2001-2008 using the Stochastic Frontier Analysis. We control for determinants of the inefficiency and found that bigger, not-for-profit and teaching hospitals tend to be less efficient, as well as hospitals in municipalities with a larger share of the elderly. Small hospitals, hospitals in bigger municipalities and hospitals in regions where hospital competition is tense tend to be more efficient.

Keywords: efficiency, hospitals, stochastic frontier analysis
JEL classification: D24, I11

Published: January 1, 2013  Show citation

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