{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2902535971","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3390/su10124592","title":"Evaluation of Efficiency in Selected Areas of Public Services in European Union Countries","display_name":"Evaluation of Efficiency in Selected Areas of Public Services in European Union Countries","publication_year":2018,"publication_date":"2018-12-05","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2902535971","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3390/su10124592","mag":"2902535971"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.3390/su10124592","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3390/su10124592","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10124592","pdf_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/12/4592/pdf?version=1543980271","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S10134376","display_name":"Sustainability","issn_l":"2071-1050","issn":["2071-1050"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310310987","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310310987"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Sustainability","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/12/4592/pdf?version=1543980271","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5060166641","display_name":"Martina Hal\u00e1skov\u00e1","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6812-6158","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6812-6158"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I142208455","display_name":"VSB - Technical University of Ostrava","ror":"https://ror.org/05x8mcb75","country_code":"CZ","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I142208455"]}],"countries":["CZ"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Martina Halaskova","raw_affiliation_strings":["Faculty of Economics, V\u0160B-Technical University of Ostrava, Sokolsk\u00e1 t\u0159\u00edda 33, 702 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6812-6158","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Faculty of Economics, V\u0160B-Technical University of Ostrava, Sokolsk\u00e1 t\u0159\u00edda 33, 702 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I142208455"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5038823380","display_name":"Renata Hal\u00e1skov\u00e1","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2811-2210","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2811-2210"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I187293425","display_name":"University of Ostrava","ror":"https://ror.org/00pyqav47","country_code":"CZ","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I187293425"]}],"countries":["CZ"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Renata Halaskova","raw_affiliation_strings":["Faculty of Education, University of Ostrava, Fr\u00e1ni \u0160r\u00e1mka 3, 709 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Faculty of Education, University of Ostrava, Fr\u00e1ni \u0160r\u00e1mka 3, 709 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I187293425"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5065364561","display_name":"Viktor Prokop","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6313-395X","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6313-395X"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I140744787","display_name":"University of Pardubice","ror":"https://ror.org/01chzd453","country_code":"CZ","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I140744787"]}],"countries":["CZ"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Viktor Prokop","raw_affiliation_strings":["Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Pardubice, Studentska 84, 532 10 Pardubice, Czech Republic"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6313-395X","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Pardubice, Studentska 84, 532 10 Pardubice, Czech Republic","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I140744787"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5060166641"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I142208455"],"apc_list":{"value":2400,"currency":"CHF","value_usd":2896},"apc_paid":{"value":2400,"currency":"CHF","value_usd":2896},"fwci":2.5955,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":33,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.90422932,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":93,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"10","issue":"12","first_page":"4592","last_page":"4592"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10357","display_name":"Efficiency Analysis Using DEA","score":0.9735999703407288,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10357","display_name":"Efficiency Analysis Using DEA","score":0.9735999703407288,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11770","display_name":"Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth","score":0.0034000000450760126,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2002","display_name":"Economics and Econometrics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/20","display_name":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10213","display_name":"Public Policy and Administration Research","score":0.00279999990016222,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3321","display_name":"Public Administration"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/public-service-efficiency","display_name":"public service efficiency","score":0.8730000257492065},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/public-expenditure","display_name":"government spending","score":0.8100000023841858},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/public-services","display_name":"public services","score":0.5550000071525574},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/eu-member-states","display_name":"EU member states","score":0.6639999747276306},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/health-services","display_name":"health services","score":0.5},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/educational-services","display_name":"educational services","score":0.8640000224113464},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/social-protection","display_name":"social protection","score":0.9620000123977661},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/government-size","display_name":"government size","score":0.7609999775886536},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/gdp-per-capita","display_name":"GDP per capita","score":0.9129999876022339},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/service-sector-employment","display_name":"service sector employment","score":0.847000002861023},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/variable-returns-to-scale","display_name":"variable returns to scale","score":0.7570000290870667}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C147859227","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q294217","display_name":"Public sector","level":2,"score":0.7387590408325195},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127598652","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q558635","display_name":"Per capita","level":3,"score":0.7046730518341064},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C22088475","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q647974","display_name":"Data envelopment analysis","level":2,"score":0.6130238771438599},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.559581995010376},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C110269972","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q184872","display_name":"Recreation","level":2,"score":0.5572147965431213},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2910001868","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q458","display_name":"European union","level":2,"score":0.49881672859191895},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777234743","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7257739","display_name":"Public expenditure","level":3,"score":0.4936576783657074},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C100001284","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2248246","display_name":"Public economics","level":1,"score":0.44084206223487854},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.3918633460998535},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C178283979","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q274490","display_name":"Public finance","level":2,"score":0.34524065256118774},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C50522688","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189833","display_name":"Economic growth","level":1,"score":0.3238435387611389},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105639569","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q582577","display_name":"Economic policy","level":1,"score":0.2593589425086975},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136264566","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q159810","display_name":"Economy","level":1,"score":0.14726164937019348},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.10961103439331055},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C99454951","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q932068","display_name":"Environmental health","level":1,"score":0.08972033858299255},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C139719470","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39680","display_name":"Macroeconomics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2908647359","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2625603","display_name":"Population","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126255220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141495","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":5,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.3390/su10124592","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3390/su10124592","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10124592","pdf_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/12/4592/pdf?version=1543980271","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S10134376","display_name":"Sustainability","issn_l":"2071-1050","issn":["2071-1050"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310310987","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310310987"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Sustainability","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:10:y:2018:i:12:p:4592-:d:187943","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/12/4592/","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401271","display_name":"RePEc: Research Papers in Economics","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I77793887","host_organization_name":"Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I77793887"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:dk.upce.cz:10195/72766","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://hdl.handle.net/10195/72766","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402294","display_name":"Digit\u00e1ln\u00ed knihovna Univerzity Pardubice (Univerzity Pardubice)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I140744787","host_organization_name":"University of Pardubice","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I140744787"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"other-oa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/other-oa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:doaj.org/article:f92ccf49b5024abaa51642fae885c5ae","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doaj.org/article/f92ccf49b5024abaa51642fae885c5ae","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401280","display_name":"DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-sa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Sustainability, Vol 10, Iss 12, p 4592 (2018)","raw_type":"article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:dspace.vsb.cz:10084/133830","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/10084/133830","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401668","display_name":"DSpace V\u0160B-TUO (V\u0160B-TUO)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I142208455","host_organization_name":"VSB - Technical University of Ostrava","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I142208455"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.3390/su10124592","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3390/su10124592","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10124592","pdf_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/12/4592/pdf?version=1543980271","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S10134376","display_name":"Sustainability","issn_l":"2071-1050","issn":["2071-1050"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310310987","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310310987"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Sustainability","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2902535971.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2902535971.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":34,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1141446299","https://openalex.org/W1484144662","https://openalex.org/W1561438477","https://openalex.org/W1751948381","https://openalex.org/W2051046213","https://openalex.org/W2085189280","https://openalex.org/W2092588532","https://openalex.org/W2100676776","https://openalex.org/W2161862700","https://openalex.org/W2161940912","https://openalex.org/W2173110378","https://openalex.org/W2218955761","https://openalex.org/W2298726707","https://openalex.org/W2329581509","https://openalex.org/W2394858233","https://openalex.org/W2496216262","https://openalex.org/W2561884444","https://openalex.org/W2591293724","https://openalex.org/W2603944714","https://openalex.org/W2733178667","https://openalex.org/W2737861377","https://openalex.org/W2793263108","https://openalex.org/W2810836745","https://openalex.org/W3101585067","https://openalex.org/W3122592713","https://openalex.org/W3123058778","https://openalex.org/W3123215935","https://openalex.org/W3124417261","https://openalex.org/W3149531910","https://openalex.org/W4206212660","https://openalex.org/W4231182326","https://openalex.org/W4231892469","https://openalex.org/W4249980445","https://openalex.org/W6629048038"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2002241930","https://openalex.org/W6850148","https://openalex.org/W4405183102","https://openalex.org/W7155514673","https://openalex.org/W2140561604","https://openalex.org/W4390698781","https://openalex.org/W2998067541","https://openalex.org/W2472788723","https://openalex.org/W3035763012","https://openalex.org/W3112796830"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Over":[0],"the":[1,5,10,30,38,45,49,55,70,114,127,130,142,150,191,207,220],"past":[2],"40":[3],"years,":[4],"service":[6],"sector":[7,18,132],"has":[8],"become":[9],"dominant":[11],"area":[12],"of":[13,40,51,72,78,116,129,135,168,188,193,209,216,222],"market":[14],"economies.":[15],"The":[16,160],"public":[17,23,52,73,79,82,117,131,136,189,194,210,223],"and":[19,43,88,91,95,108,133,149],"services":[20,31,53,80,197,213],"financed":[21],"from":[22],"financing":[24],"represent":[25],"a":[26,204],"specific":[27],"group":[28],"within":[29,141],"sector.":[32],"This":[33],"paper":[34],"aims":[35],"to":[36,47,101,126,154,175],"evaluate":[37],"efficiency":[39,71,115,192,208],"EU":[41,120,217],"countries":[42,121,170,180,184,218],"find":[44],"extent":[46],"which":[48],"volume":[50],"(and":[54],"respective":[56],"financial":[57],"allocations)":[58],"can":[59],"have":[60],"an":[61],"impact":[62],"on":[63,196,212],"selected":[64,102],"economic":[65,103],"indicators.":[66],"To":[67],"this":[68],"end,":[69],"expenditure":[74,118,195,211],"in":[75,93,99,110,119,124,164,206],"five":[76],"areas":[77],"(general":[81],"services;":[83],"health;":[84],"education;":[85],"social":[86],"protection;":[87],"recreation,":[89],"culture,":[90],"religion)":[92],"2009":[94],"2016":[96],"was":[97,122,198,203],"evaluated":[98,123],"relation":[100,125],"indicators":[104],"(GDP":[105],"per":[106],"capita":[107],"employment":[109],"services).":[111],"In":[112,183],"addition,":[113],"size":[128,187],"traditions":[134],"administration.":[137,224],"For":[138],"cross-country":[139],"analyses":[140],"27":[143,169],"European":[144],"countries,":[145],"data":[146],"envelopment":[147],"analysis":[148],"input-oriented":[151],"variable":[152],"returns":[153],"scale":[155],"(VRS)":[156],"model":[157],"were":[158,171,181],"applied.":[159],"results":[161],"demonstrated":[162],"that":[163],"2009,":[165],"13":[166],"out":[167],"efficient":[172],"as":[173],"opposed":[174],"2016,":[176],"where":[177],"only":[178],"seven":[179],"efficient.":[182],"with":[185],"bigger":[186],"sector,":[190],"not":[199],"established.":[200],"However,":[201],"there":[202],"similarity":[205],"between":[214],"groups":[215],"regarding":[219],"tradition":[221]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":3}],"updated_date":"2026-10-27T15:51:10.671819","created_date":"2018-12-11T00:00:00"}