Measuring efficiency in health care : analytic techniques and health policy

Measuring efficiency in health care : analytic techniques and health policy / Rowena Jacobs, Peter C. Smith and Andrew Street.

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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Main Author: Jacobs, Rowena
Other Authors: Smith, Peter (Peter C.), Street, Andrew
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Medical care > Standards > Great Britain.
Medical care > Great Britain > Evaluation.
Medical care > Evaluation.
Medical audit.
MEDICAL > Administration.
MEDICAL > Practice Management & Reimbursement.
Medical audit
Medical care > Evaluation
Medical care > Standards
Gezondheidszorg.
Efficiëntie.
Beleid.
Great Britain
Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 243 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-231) and indexes.
ISBN:9780511221156
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Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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