Measuring efficiency in health care : analytic techniques and health policy /
The pursuit of efficiency has become a central objective of policymakers within most health systems. This book examines the strengths and limitations of two analytic techniques - data envelopment analysis and stochastic frontier analysis - widely advocated as means of measuring the comparative effic...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
---|---|
Autor principal: | |
Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2006.
|
Temas: | |
Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | The pursuit of efficiency has become a central objective of policymakers within most health systems. This book examines the strengths and limitations of two analytic techniques - data envelopment analysis and stochastic frontier analysis - widely advocated as means of measuring the comparative efficiency of health care organizations. |
---|---|
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 243 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-231) and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9780511221156 0511221150 0511219865 9780511219863 9780511219184 0511219180 0521851440 9780521851442 9780511617492 0511617496 1280480378 9781280480379 6610480370 9786610480371 1107713870 9781107713871 0511220790 9780511220791 0511317158 9780511317156 |