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13.2.2 Qualitative Information on Returns to Scale -- 13.2.3 Quantitative Information on Returns to Scale -- 13.2.4 An Alternative Measure of Scale Elasticity -- 13.3 The Dataset for LIC Operations -- 13.4 Results and Discussion -- 13.4.1 Production-Based Analysis -- 13.4.2 Cost-Based Analysis -- 13.4.3 Returns-to-Scale Issue -- 13.4.4 Sensitivity Analysis -- 13.5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 14 An Account of DEA-Based Contributions in the Banking Sector -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Performance Evaluation of Banks: A Detailed Account -- 14.3 Current State of the Art Summarized -- 14.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 15 DEA in the Healthcare Sector -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Method and Data -- 15.2.1 Previous Literature -- 15.2.2 Formulas for Efficiency Estimation by DN DEA Model -- 15.2.3 Formulas for Malmquist Index by DN DEA Model -- 15.2.4 Empirical Data -- 15.3 Results -- 15.3.1 Estimated Efficiency Scores -- 15.3.2 Estimated Malmquist Index Scores -- 15.4 Discussion -- 15.4.1 Estimation Results and Policy Implications -- 15.4.2 Further Research Questions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 16 DEA in the Transport Sector -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 DNDEA in Transport -- 16.2.1 The Production Technology for the Production Process -- 16.2.2 The Production Technology for the Service Process -- 16.3 Extension -- 16.3.1 The Production Technology for HB Activity -- 16.3.2 The Production Technology for UB Activity -- 16.3.3 The Production Technology for the Service Process -- 16.4 ApplicationAdapted from Yu et al. . -- 16.4.1 Input and Output Variables -- 16.4.2 Empirical Results -- 16.5 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 17 Dynamic Network Efficiency of Japanese Prefectures -- 17.1 Introduction -- 17.2 Multiperiod Dynamic Multiprocess Network -- 17.3 Efficiency/Productivity Measurement -- 17.4 Empirical Application.