Assessing the performance of Portuguese public hospitals before and during COVID-19 outbreak, with optimistic and pessimistic benchmarking approaches.

Health Care Manag Sci · 2025 · PMC11976781 · PMID 39604723

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Lastly, as the number of variables increases, a notable trend emerges: the number of efficient entities tends to increase correspondingly [ 61 ].

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