An analysis of hospital efficiency and productivity growth using the Luenberger productivity indicator

Arbeitspapier

We analyze the efficiency and productivity growth of a representative sample of Portuguese hospitals from 1997 to 2004, using an innovative approach by employing the directional distance function and the Luenberger productivity indicator. The primary advantage of our approach is that both input contractions and output expansions are considered. Our model generates a productivity indicator that is decomposed into the usual constituents of productivity growth: technological change and efficiency change. The results show that, on average, Portuguese hospitals did not experience productivity growth during the period analyzed. In addition, the incidence of positive productivity growth across Portuguese hospitals was remarkably low.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 2689

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Subject: Krankenhaus ; Produktivität ; Technische Effizienz ; Portugal

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Pestana Barros, Carlos ; Gomes de Menezes, António ; Vieira, José António Cabral ; Peypoch, Nicolas ; Solonandrasana, Bernardin
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2007

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/34378
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-20080410283
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET