Search Results - "Hofler, Richard"

Costs of accountable care organization participation for primary care providers: early stage results by Hofler, Richard A, Ortiz, Judith

“…Little is known about the impact of joining an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) on primary care provider organization's costs. The purpose of this study was…”
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Impact of Nurse Practitioner Practice Regulations on Rural Population Health Outcomes by Ortiz, Judith, Hofler, Richard, Bushy, Angeline, Lin, Yi-Ling, Khanijahani, Ahmad, Bitney, Andrea

“…For decades, U.S. rural areas have experienced shortages of primary care providers. Nurse practitioners (NPs) are helping to reduce that shortage. However, NP…”
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Count data stochastic frontier models, with an application to the patents-R&D relationship by Fé, Eduardo, Hofler, Richard

“…This article introduces a new count data stochastic frontier model that researchers can use in order to study efficiency in production when the output variable…”
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An alternative measure of structural unemployment by Aysun, Uluc, Bouvet, Florence, Hofler, Richard

“…In this paper we derive an alternative measure for structural unemployment using a stochastic frontier analysis. This measure, by empirical design, is always…”
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Participation of Rural Health Care Providers in Accountable Care Organizations: Early Indications by Ortiz, Judith, Hofler, Richard A, Lin, Yi-Ling, Berzon, Richard

“…Recently, some rural health clinics (RHCs) throughout the country have chosen to join groups of health care providers in accountable care organizations (ACOs)…”
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Privatization, foreign bank entry and bank efficiency in Croatia: a Fourier-flexible function stochastic cost frontier analysis by Kraft, Evan, Hofler, Richard, Payne, James

“…Using bank balance sheet data for Croatia for 1994 to 2000, this study estimates a Fourier-flexible frontier cost function. Specification tests indicate that…”
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A Method for Understanding Some Consequences of Bringing Patient-Generated Data into Health Care Delivery by Steward, Duane A., Hofler, Richard A., Thaldorf, Carey, Milov, David E.

“…Objective. The consequences of personal health record (PHR) phenomena on the health care system are poorly understood. This research measures one aspect of the…”
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Efficiency in the National Basketball Association: a stochastic frontier approach with panel data by Hofler, Richard A., Payne, James E.

“…We investigate how closely NBA teams play up to their potential. We find that shooting, rebounding, stealing the ball and blocking shots raise the number of…”
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An efficiency approach to choice set formation: theory and application to recreational destination choice by Scrogin, David, Hofler, Richard, Boyle, Kevin, Walter Milon, J.

“…An unresolved debate in behavioural choice research surrounds specifying individual choice sets. To overcome the limitations of deterministic and probabilistic…”
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How reliable are hospital efficiency estimates? Exploiting the dual to homothetic production by Folland, Sherman T., Hofler, Richard A.

“…For scientific use, stochastic frontier estimates of hospital efficiency must be robust to plausible departures from the assumptions made by the investigator…”
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Valuation on the Frontier: Calibrating Actual and Hypothetical Statements of Value by Hofler, Richard A., List, John A.

“…The lack of robust evidence showing that hypothetical behavior directly maps into real actions remains a major concern for proponents of stated preference…”
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Purchasing power parity: Evidence from a transition economy by Payne, James, Lee, Junsoo, Hofler, Richard

“…Whether the purchasing power parity (PPP) theory of exchange rate determination holds for transition economies is an interesting question, given peculiar…”
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sfcount: Command for count-data stochastic frontiers and underreported and overreported counts by Fé, Eduardo, Hofler, Richard

“…In this article, we introduce a new command, sfcount, to fit count-data stochastic frontier models. Although originally designed to estimate production and…”
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Measuring efficiency in the National Basketball Association by Hofler, Richard A, Payne, James E

“…This paper investigates how closely teams in the National Basketball Association play up to their potential. Using the stochastic production frontier model, we…”
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Predictors of Gaps in Patient Safety and Quality in U.S. Hospitals by Unruh, Lynn, Hofler, Richard

“…Objective To explore predictors of gaps between observed and best possible Hospital Compare scores in U.S. hospitals. Data Sources American Hospital…”
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Accountable Care Organizations and Health Disparities of Rural Latinos: A Longitudinal Analysis by Ortiz, Judith, Hill, Mitch, Thomas, Chad W, Hofler, Richard

“…The purpose of this study was 2-fold: (1) to analyze the change in diabetes-related hospitalization rates of rural Latino older adult patients as compared with…”
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Count data stochastic frontier models, with an application to the patentsâ[euro]"R&D relationship by Fé, Eduardo, Hofler, Richard

“…This article introduces a new count data stochastic frontier model that researchers can use in order to study efficiency in production when the output variable…”
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International capital structure differences among the G7 nations: a current empirical view by Mcclure, Kenneth G., Clayton, Ronnie, Hofler, Richard A.

“…Historical research domestically and internationally suggests that differences in capital structures exist for industry classification, firm size and…”
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Estimating Reservation Wages of Employed Workers Using a Stochastic Frontier by Hofler, Richard A., Murphy, Kevin J.

“…Estimates of reservation wages of workers drawn from the US Current Population Survey are provided utilizing the stochastic frontier regression technique…”
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Participation of Rural Healthcare Providers in Accountable Care Organizations: Early Indications by Ortiz, Judith, Hofler, Richard A., Lin, Yi-Ling, Berzon, Richard

“…Recently, some Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) throughout the country have chosen to join groups of health care providers in Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)…”
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