TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Barros, Carlos Pestana
AU  - Menezes, Antonio
AU  - Vieira, José António Cabral
AU  - Peypoch, Nicolas
AU  - Solonandrasana, Bernardin
        TI  - An Analysis of Hospital Efficiency and Productivity Growth Using the Luenberger Productivity Indicator
        PY  - 2007/Mar/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 2689
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp2689
        AB  - We analyze the efficiency and productivity growth of a representative sample of Portuguese hospitals from 1997 to 2004, using an innovative approach by employing the directional distance function and the Luenberger productivity indicator. The primary advantage of our approach is that both input contractions and output expansions are considered. Our model generates a productivity indicator that is decomposed into the usual constituents of productivity growth: technological change and efficiency change. The results show that, on average, Portuguese hospitals did not experience productivity growth during the period analyzed. In addition, the incidence of positive productivity growth across Portuguese hospitals was remarkably low.
        KW  - efficiency
KW  - productivity
KW  - Luenberger productivity indicator
KW  - hospitals
KW  - technological change
        ER  -