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Measuring Efficiency in Health Care :Analytic Techniques and Health Policy.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Measuring Efficiency in Health Care :
Reminder of title:	Analytic Techniques and Health Policy.
Author:	Jacobs, Rowena.
other author:	Smith, Peter C.
Published:	Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2006.
Description:	263 p.
Online resource:	Click here to view book
ISBN:	9780511617492 (electronic bk.)

Measuring Efficiency in Health Care :Analytic Techniques and Health Policy.
Jacobs, Rowena.

Measuring Efficiency in Health Care :Analytic Techniques and Health Policy.[electronic resource]. - Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2006. - 263 p.

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Efficiency in health care; 2 The components of an efficiency model; 3 Stochastic frontier analysis of cross-sectional data; 4 Stochastic frontier analysis of panel data; 5 Data envelopment analysis; 6 The Malmquist index; 7 A comparison of SFA and DEA; 8 Unresolved issues and challenges in efficiency measurement; 9 Some alternative approaches to measuring performance; 10 Conclusions; Appendix Data description; References; Author index; Subject index

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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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9780511617492 (electronic bk.)Index Terms--Genre/Form:

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LC Class. No.: RA399. G7 / J33 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 362.10680941

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