A panel data analysis of productive efficiency in freestanding health clinics

S. C. Johnson; K. Lahiri

doi:10.1007/BF01192480

A panel data analysis of productive efficiency in freestanding health clinics

S. C. Johnson
, K. Lahiri

Economics

University at Albany

Department of Health

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	141-151
Number of pages	11
Journal	Empirical Economics
Volume	17
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01192480
State	Published - Mar 1992

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Health clinics
Panel data
Technical efficiency

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