Class information for:
Level 1: HOSPITAL EFFICIENCY//HOSPITAL PRODUCTIVITY//HOSPITAL COST FUNCTION

Basic class information
ID Publications Average number
of references		 Avg. shr. active
ref. in WoS
13977 737 30.1 42%


Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Classes in level above (level 2)


ID, lev.
above		 Publications Label for level above
311 17667 HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES//HEALTH AFFAIRS//INQUIRY-THE JOURNAL OF HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION PROVISION AND FINANCING

Terms with highest relevance score


Rank Term Type of term Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class
1 HOSPITAL EFFICIENCY Author keyword 46 65% 6% 44
2 HOSPITAL PRODUCTIVITY Author keyword 3 50% 1% 4
3 HOSPITAL COST FUNCTION Author keyword 3 60% 0% 3
4 PROGRAM HLTH MED SERV ADM Address 3 60% 0% 3
5 SHORT RUN EFFICIENCY Author keyword 3 60% 0% 3
6 HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT SCIENCE Journal 3 10% 3% 25
7 CASEMIX CLASSIFICATION Author keyword 2 67% 0% 2
8 HEALTH CARE PRODUCTION Author keyword 2 67% 0% 2
9 KAGAWA CHILDRENS HOSP Address 2 67% 0% 2
10 POPULAT MED UNIT Address 2 67% 0% 2

Web of Science journal categories

Author Key Words


Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class		 LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 HOSPITAL EFFICIENCY 46 65% 6% 44 Search HOSPITAL+EFFICIENCY Search HOSPITAL+EFFICIENCY
2 HOSPITAL PRODUCTIVITY 3 50% 1% 4 Search HOSPITAL+PRODUCTIVITY Search HOSPITAL+PRODUCTIVITY
3 HOSPITAL COST FUNCTION 3 60% 0% 3 Search HOSPITAL+COST+FUNCTION Search HOSPITAL+COST+FUNCTION
4 SHORT RUN EFFICIENCY 3 60% 0% 3 Search SHORT+RUN+EFFICIENCY Search SHORT+RUN+EFFICIENCY
5 CASEMIX CLASSIFICATION 2 67% 0% 2 Search CASEMIX+CLASSIFICATION Search CASEMIX+CLASSIFICATION
6 HEALTH CARE PRODUCTION 2 67% 0% 2 Search HEALTH+CARE+PRODUCTION Search HEALTH+CARE+PRODUCTION
7 ALLEN UZAWA PARTIAL ELASTICITIES 1 100% 0% 2 Search ALLEN+UZAWA+PARTIAL+ELASTICITIES Search ALLEN+UZAWA+PARTIAL+ELASTICITIES
8 DECOMPOSED TECHNICAL CHANGE 1 100% 0% 2 Search DECOMPOSED+TECHNICAL+CHANGE Search DECOMPOSED+TECHNICAL+CHANGE
9 DIALYSIS MARKET 1 100% 0% 2 Search DIALYSIS+MARKET Search DIALYSIS+MARKET
10 HOSPITAL COST ACCOUNTING 1 50% 0% 2 Search HOSPITAL+COST+ACCOUNTING Search HOSPITAL+COST+ACCOUNTING

Key Words Plus


Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class
1 EXCESS BED CAPACITY 12 86% 1% 6
2 FRONTIER COST FUNCTIONS 9 83% 1% 5
3 COST FUNCTIONS 5 14% 5% 36
4 ACUTE HOSPITALS 5 63% 1% 5
5 HOSPITAL PRODUCTION 5 63% 1% 5
6 HOSPITAL EFFICIENCY 5 50% 1% 7
7 SCALE INEFFICIENCIES 3 50% 1% 5
8 STOCHASTIC FRONTIER 2 20% 1% 10
9 ESTIMATING HOSPITAL COSTS 2 67% 0% 2
10 NURSING HOME EFFICIENCY 2 67% 0% 2

Journals


Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class
1 HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 3 10% 3% 25

Reviews


Title Publ. year Cit. Active
references		 % act. ref.
to same field
Hospital ownership and efficiency: A review of studies with particular focus on Germany 2012 9 23 57%
Frontier efficiency measurement in health care: A review of empirical techniques and selected applications 2004 47 41 83%
Stochastic frontier analysis of hospital inefficiency 2008 28 31 55%
Frontier-based techniques in measuring hospital efficiency in Iran: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis 2013 3 18 50%
A Systematic Review of Health Care Efficiency Measures 2009 37 23 22%
Military Health System Efficiency: A Review of History and Recommendations for the Future 2012 0 5 100%
Assessing the Relationships Between Hospital Resources and Activities: A Systematic Review 2014 0 46 67%
Improving productive efficiency in hospitals: findings from a review of the international evidence 2015 0 24 17%
MEASURING HOSPITAL OUTPUT - A REVIEW OF THE SERVICE MIX AND CASE MIX APPROACHES 1983 23 6 33%

Address terms


Rank Address term Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ.
in class
1 PROGRAM HLTH MED SERV ADM 3 60% 0.4% 3
2 KAGAWA CHILDRENS HOSP 2 67% 0.3% 2
3 POPULAT MED UNIT 2 67% 0.3% 2
4 COMMERCE INT BUSINESS STUDIES 1 38% 0.4% 3
5 ADV STUDIES ECON ECONOMETR 1 50% 0.3% 2
6 ALBERTO LUIZ COIMBRA POST ENGN 1 50% 0.3% 2
7 DESARROLLO ESTRATEG 1 50% 0.3% 2
8 READING BUSINESS 1 100% 0.3% 2
9 SERV EPIDEMIOL AVALIACAO 1 100% 0.3% 2
10 ECON FINANCE INSURANCE 1 30% 0.4% 3

Related classes at same level (level 1)


Rank Relatedness score Related classes
1 0.0000256456 HOSPITAL & HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION//HOSPITAL COMPETITION//HOSPITAL MARKETS
2 0.0000185600 SUPPLIER INDUCED DEMAND//DUAL PRACTICE//PRIMARY PHYSICIAN SERVICES
3 0.0000155352 DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS//DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS DEA//DEA
4 0.0000114330 PRIVATE HEALTH EXPENDITURES//HLTH SERV MANAGEMENT EVALUAT//GESUNDHEITSVERHALTEN
5 0.0000103748 TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY//STOCHASTIC FRONTIER//STOCHASTIC PRODUCTION FRONTIER
6 0.0000063801 HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURE//COST OF DYING//PROXIMITY TO DEATH
7 0.0000062823 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX//COMPOSITE INDICATORS//COMPOSITE INDICATOR
8 0.0000055469 PESTICIDE TOMB//GEOINDICATOR//KALDOR HICKS
9 0.0000054507 PROVIDER PROFILING//RISK ADJUSTMENT//ADMINISTRATIVE DATA
10 0.0000054011 WEIGHTED CAPITATION//CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUPS CCGS//FOUR BLOCK MODEL