title: Comparing teaching and non-teaching hospitals: a frontier approach (teaching vs. non-teaching hospitals).
abstract: This paper compares teaching and non-teaching hospitals in terms of their provision of patient services. We proceed by comparing the frontiers of the teaching and non-teaching hospitals using a data envelopment (DEA) type approach, which we apply to a sample of 236 teaching hospitals and 556 non-teaching hospitals operating in the US in 1994. Our results suggest that only about 10% of the teaching hospitals can effectively "compete" with non-teaching hospitals based on the provision of patient services.
authors.affiliation: Department of Economics, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331-3612, USA. Shawna.Grosskopf@orst.edu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grosskopf
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Margaritis
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Valdmanis
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D004465:Economic Competition; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015233:Models, Statistical; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012107:Research Design; D013597:Systems Analysis; D014481:United States; D014600:Utilization Review / Q000706:statistics & numerical data