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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jacobs, Rowena
Otros Autores: Smith, Peter (Peter C.), Street, Andrew
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Temas:
Medical care > Standards > Great Britain.
Medical care > Great Britain > Evaluation.
Medical care > Evaluation.
Medical audit.
Efficiency, Organizational
Health Care Sector
Quality of Health Care
Medical Audit
Soins médicaux > Grande-Bretagne > Évaluation.
Soins médicaux > Évaluation.
Soins médicaux > Normes > Grande-Bretagne.
MEDICAL > Administration.
MEDICAL > Practice Management & Reimbursement.
Medical audit
Medical care > Evaluation
Medical care > Standards
Gezondheidszorg.
Efficiëntie.
Beleid.
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Efficiency in health care
  • The components of an efficiency model
  • Stochastic frontier analysis of cross-sectional data
  • Stochastic frontier analysis of panel data
  • Data envelopment analysis
  • The Malmquist Index
  • A comparison of SFA and DEA
  • Unresolved issues and challenges in efficiency measurement
  • Some alternative approaches to measuring performance
  • Conclusions.

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