The optimum size of the portuguese public hospital

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Autor(a) principal: Fortuna, André Pacheco
Data de Publicação: 2009
Tipo de documento: Dissertação
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/9451
Resumo: A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Economics from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics
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spelling The optimum size of the portuguese public hospitalOptimum bed-sizes for hospitalsPublic hospitalsQuadratic cost-functionScale-economiesA Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Economics from the NOVA – School of Business and EconomicsIn a context of intensive structural reform, this paper estimates optimum bed-sizes for the Portuguese public hospitals. Considering costs and production data for the period 2003-2006, we estimate a production-theoretic quadratic cost-function, adjusted to better describe the underlying technology. Room for short-run scale-economies exploitation is found, but long-run scale-diseconomies are unambiguous. In light of these predictions and of an optimum around 233 fully-occupied beds, there is mixed evidence of potential gains from two hospital mergers and from one of the forthcoming constructions of public hospitals. The results are expected to contribute to shape the hospital network in a cost-efficient manner.NSBE - UNLBarros, Pedro PitaRUNFortuna, André Pacheco2013-05-06T13:02:31Z2009-012009-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/9451enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T03:42:32Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/9451Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:18:48.116853Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title The optimum size of the portuguese public hospital
spellingShingle The optimum size of the portuguese public hospital
Fortuna, André Pacheco
Optimum bed-sizes for hospitals
Public hospitals
Quadratic cost-function
Scale-economies
title_short The optimum size of the portuguese public hospital
title_full The optimum size of the portuguese public hospital
title_fullStr The optimum size of the portuguese public hospital
title_full_unstemmed The optimum size of the portuguese public hospital
title_sort The optimum size of the portuguese public hospital
author Fortuna, André Pacheco
author_facet Fortuna, André Pacheco
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Barros, Pedro Pita
RUN
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Fortuna, André Pacheco
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Optimum bed-sizes for hospitals
Public hospitals
Quadratic cost-function
Scale-economies
topic Optimum bed-sizes for hospitals
Public hospitals
Quadratic cost-function
Scale-economies
description A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Economics from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics
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