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Table 7.9 Summary of findings table (alphabetic order)
results
Barbetta et al. (2007) Barros et al. (2013) Czypionka et al. (2014) Daidone and D'Amico (2009)
Technical Cost Technical Technical
COLS, SFA and DEA SFA
Two stage DEA SFA
Strong Moderate Strong Strong
Strong Moderate Strong Moderate
1995-2000 1997-2008 2010 2000-2005
NFP
NS
NFP FP+NFP
Italy Portugal Austria Italy
Gigantesco et al. (2009) Tiemann and Schreyogg (2012)
Heimeshoff et al. (2014). Herr (2008)
Length of stay (LOS) Technical
Logistic Regression Two stage DEA and Diff-in-Diff Diff-in-Diff and FE SFA
Weak Strong
Strong Strong
2002-2003 1996-2008
Psych. FP+NFP
Italy Germany
Herr et al. (2011) Herwartz & Strumann (2012)
Lindlbauer and Schreyögg (2014)
Employment reduction Technical and cost Technical, cost and profit Technical
SFA
Two stage DEA + SFA
Strong Strong Strong Strong
Strong Strong Strong Strong
1996-2008 2000-2003 2002-2006 1995-2008
FP+NFP FP+NFP FP FP+NFP
Germany Germany Germany Germany
Maravic & Landais (2006). Schwierz (2011)
Length of stay (LOS) Responsiveness to demand changes
Length of stay (LOS)
Linear regression IVs + FE
Weak Strong
Weak Strong
2001 1996-2006
NS FP+NFP
France Germany
Siciliani et al. (2013)
Quantile regression Super efficiency DEA
Moderate Strong
Weak Strong
2006-2007 2009-2012
NS NFP
United Kingdom Austria
Indicator
Methodology
Reliability
Generalizability results
Year(s) covered
Type (private)
Country
Technical
Two stage DEA and SFA
Strong
Strong
2000-2010
FP+NFP
Germany
Sommersguter-
Reichmann & Stepan
(2015).
Vittadini et al. (2012)
*FP=For-Profit NFP=Not-For-Profit ISTC=Independent Sector Treatment Centres NS=Not Specified Pub.=Public | COLS=Corrected Ordinary Least Squares DEA=Data Envelopment Analysis SFA=Stochastic Frontier Analysis IVs=Instrumental Variables FE=Fixed Effects Diff-in-Diff=Difference-in-Difference
Technical
Upcoding (by the LOS)
Diff-in-Diff and FE
Strong
Moderate
2007-2008
FP + NFP
Italy
Efficiency