| Measuring Efficiency in Health Care: Analytic Techniques and Health Policy Contributor(s): Jacobs, Rowena (Author), Smith, Peter C. (Author), Street, Andrew (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521851440 ISBN-13: 9780521851442 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $76.94 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2006 Annotation: With the healthcare sector accounting for a sizeable proportion of national expenditures, the pursuit of efficiency has become a central objective of policymakers within most health systems. However, the analysis and measurement of efficiency is a complex undertaking, not least due to the multiple objectives of health care organizations and the many gaps in information systems. In response to this complexity, research in organizational efficiency analysis has flourished. This book examines some of the most important techniques currently available to measure the efficiency of systems and organizations, including data envelopment analysis and stochastic frontier analysis, and also presents some promising new methodological approaches. Such techniques offer the prospect of many new and fruitful insights into health care performance. Nevertheless, they also pose many practical and methodological challenges. This is a timely critical assessment of the strengths and limitations of efficiency analysis applied to health and health care. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economics - Microeconomics - Political Science | Public Policy - Economic Policy - Medical | Health Care Delivery |
| Dewey: 362.106 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.08" W x 9.22" (1.21 lbs) 262 pages |
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| Publisher Description: With the healthcare sector accounting for a sizeable proportion of national expenditures, the pursuit of efficiency has become a central objective of policymakers within most health systems. However, the analysis and measurement of efficiency is a complex undertaking, not least due to the multiple objectives of health care organizations and the many gaps in information systems. In response to this complexity, research in organizational efficiency analysis has flourished. This 2006 book examines some of the most important techniques currently available to measure the efficiency of systems and organizations, including data envelopment analysis and stochastic frontier analysis, and also presents some promising new methodological approaches. Such techniques offer the prospect of many new and fruitful insights into health care performance. Nevertheless, they also pose many practical and methodological challenges. This is an important critical assessment of the strengths and limitations of efficiency analysis applied to health and health care. |
Contributor Bio(s): Jacobs, Rowena: - Rowena Jacobs is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Health Economics, University of York.Smith, Peter C.: - Peter C. Smith is Professor of Economics at the University of York.Street, Andrew: - Andrew Street is Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Health Economics, University of York. |