Description
Summary: | 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.
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 243 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliography: | 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 |
Language: | English. |
Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |