A generalized directional distance function in data envelopment analysis and its application to a cross-country measurement of health efficiency
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Keywords
Data envelopment analysis; Directional distance function; Undesirable outputs; Units-invariant; Health systems;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C02 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - General - - - Mathematical Economics
- C61 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Optimization Techniques; Programming Models; Dynamic Analysis
- D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EFF-2012-10-27 (Efficiency and Productivity)
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