On the relative efficiency of alternative modes of producing a public sector output: The case of the developmentally disabled

On the relative efficiency of alternative modes of producing a public sector output: The case of the developmentally disabled

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Article ID: iaor19981250
Country: Netherlands
Volume: 80
Issue: 3
Start Page Number: 608
End Page Number: 618
Publication Date: Feb 1995
Journal: European Journal of Operational Research
Authors: ,
Keywords: statistics: data envelopment analysis, health services
Abstract:

This paper examines the relative efficiency of alternative methods of producing care for the developmentally disabled. A linear programming framework is used to construct a production frontier which allows measurement of relative efficiency among institutions in the sample. Tests are performed to detect influential observations in the data which might result from measurement error which could distort the efficiency measures. Different types of institutions are compared in terms of average efficiency. Policy implications of the analysis are discussed in the concluding section.

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