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2. Cost efficiency of nursing homes: do five-star quality ratings matter?

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3. Due time driven surgery scheduling

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4. Dynamic clustering of hazard functions: an application to disease progression in chronic heart failure

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5. Measuring health indicators and allocating health resources: a DEA-based approach

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6. Comparing the Efficiency of Hospitals in Italy and Germany: Nonparametric Conditional Approach Based on Partial Frontier

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7. Demographic factors influencing nonurgent emergency department utilization among a Medicaid population

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8. Strategies for interday appointment scheduling in primary care

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9. Preferred supplier contracts in post-patent prescription drug markets

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10. Queueing network model for obstetric patient flow in a hospital

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