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A Panel Data Analysis of Productive Efficiency in Freestanding Health Clinics

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Panel Data Analysis

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Abstract

By using a panel data on a number of freestanding health clinics in New York State over 1984–1987, we have estimated the production function for ambulatory care after controlling for unmeasured clinic-specific managerial efficiency. We found significant differences in management efficiency, which peaks around 50500 visits per year. The optimal staffing ratio between doctors, extenders and nurses was found to be around 1: 1/3 : 1, in order for a clinic to be on the efficiency frontier.

We would like to thank Badi Baltagi, Baldev Raj, Peter Schmidt and two anonymous referees for many helpful comments and suggestions on earlier versions of the paper.

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  1. Department of Health, Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York, 12208, USA

    Dr. Steven C. Johnson

  2. Department of Economics, State University of New York, Albany, New York, 12222, USA

    Professor Kajal Lahiri

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  1. School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3C5, Canada

    Baldev Raj

  2. Department of Economics, Texas A&M University, College Station, 77843-4228, Texas, USA

    Badi H. Baltagi

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Johnson, S.C., Lahiri, K. (1992). A Panel Data Analysis of Productive Efficiency in Freestanding Health Clinics. In: Raj, B., Baltagi, B.H. (eds) Panel Data Analysis. Studies in Empirical Economics. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-50127-2_11

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-50127-2_11

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