Carlos Pestana Barros () (ISEG, Technical University of Lisbon) António Gomes de Menezes () (University of the Azores and CEEAplA) José Cabral Vieira () (University of the Azores, CEEAplA and IZA) Nicolas Peypoch () (Université de Perpignan) Bernardin Solonandrasana () (Université de Perpignan)
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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.
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Paper provided by Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in its series IZA Discussion Papers with number
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