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https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3948| Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | Regional quantity, productivity and efficiency measures of the Swiss health care system |
| Authors: | Schleiniger, Reto |
| DOI: | 10.21256/zhaw-3948 10.1007/BF03399262 |
| Published in: | Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics |
| Volume(Issue): | 144 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Page(s): | 459 |
| Pages to: | 476 |
| Issue Date: | 2008 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Springer |
| ISSN: | 2235-6282 0303-9692 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Gesundheitswesen; Mengenindex; Health care; Price and quantity indices; Produktivität; Productivity and efficiency measure |
| Subject (DDC): | 362: Health and social services |
| Abstract: | In Switzerland, there are substantial cantonal differences in per capita cost of the mandatory health care system. The present paper breaks these differences down into price and quantity effects revealing both, a large quantity and a somewhat smaller price variance across cantons. As a statistical fact, a positive correlation of price and quantity index results. Dividing the inferred quantity output index by a corresponding input index yields a measure of total factor productivity. While the canton of Zurich exhibits the highest productivity, the measures in Geneva, Neuchâtel, Berne and Vaud are far below average. Finally, a data envelopment analysis of hospital services shows little evidence for variable returns to scale implying that low productivities are, for the most part, due to pure technological slacks. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/9655 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International |
| Departement: | School of Management and Law |
| Organisational Unit: | Center for Labor, Digital and Regional Economics (CLDR) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen School of Management and Law |
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Schleiniger, R. (2008). Regional quantity, productivity and efficiency measures of the Swiss health care system. Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 144(3), 459–476. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3948
Schleiniger, R. (2008) ‘Regional quantity, productivity and efficiency measures of the Swiss health care system’, Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 144(3), pp. 459–476. Available at: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3948.
R. Schleiniger, “Regional quantity, productivity and efficiency measures of the Swiss health care system,” Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, vol. 144, no. 3, pp. 459–476, 2008, doi: 10.21256/zhaw-3948.
SCHLEINIGER, Reto, 2008. Regional quantity, productivity and efficiency measures of the Swiss health care system. Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics. 2008. Bd. 144, Nr. 3, S. 459–476. DOI 10.21256/zhaw-3948
Schleiniger, Reto. 2008. “Regional Quantity, Productivity and Efficiency Measures of the Swiss Health Care System.” Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 144 (3): 459–76. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3948.
Schleiniger, Reto. “Regional Quantity, Productivity and Efficiency Measures of the Swiss Health Care System.” Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, vol. 144, no. 3, 2008, pp. 459–76, https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3948.
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