Efficiency changes in long-term care in OECD countries: A non-parametric Malmquist Index approach
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Long-term care; Efficiency; Productivity; Data envelopment analysis; Input-oriented model; Malmquist productivity index; Aging; OECD;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-Labor Market Discrimination
- D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
- H51 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Health
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