Measuring efficiency from casemix funding in Victoria using the stochastic frontier

The Australian state of Victoria experienced a fundamental change in public hospital funding in 1993 with the introduction of casemix funding using diagnosis related groups. One of the primary drivers of this altered funding regime was to introduce a mechanism by which public hospitals could be com...

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Main Author: Mangano, Maria
Format: Working Paper
Published: Centre for Research in Applied Economics, Curtin Business School, Curtin University of Technology 2007
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20476