The Decomposition of Cost Efficiency: An Empirical Application of the Shadow Cost Function Model to Dutch General Hospitals Jos L.T. BlankEvelien Eggink OriginalPaper Pages: 79 - 88
Analysis of the Expenses Linked to Hospital Stays: How to Detect Outliers C. BeguinL. Simar OriginalPaper Pages: 89 - 96
Estimating Procedure Times for Surgeries by Determining Location Parameters for the Lognormal Model William E. SpanglerDavid P. StrumJerrold H. May OriginalPaper Pages: 97 - 104
A Modeling Framework for Optimal Long-Term Care Insurance Purchase Decisions in Retirement Planning Aparna GuptaLepeng Li OriginalPaper Pages: 105 - 117
Reallocation of Beds to Reduce Waiting Time for Cardiac Surgery Renzo AkkermanMarrig Knip OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 126
Modeling the Spread of Annual Influenza Epidemics in the U.S.: The Potential Role of Air Travel R.F. GraisJ.H. EllisG.E. Glass OriginalPaper Pages: 127 - 134
Applying a Mixed-Integer Program to Model Re-Screening Women who Test Positive for C. trachomatis Infection Guoyu TaoBartholomew K. AbbanKathleen L. Irwin OriginalPaper Pages: 135 - 144
A Frontier Analysis Approach for Benchmarking Hospital Performance in the Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction Robert E. Stanford OriginalPaper Pages: 145 - 154