PMID: 2094754Oct 1, 1990Paper

Measuring technical efficiency in health care organizations

Journal of Medical Systems
Michael D Rosko

Abstract

The rising cost of health care has created great interest in developing methods to increase the efficiency of health care organizations. Despite this interest most analyses of prospective payment and other programs designed to control expenditures have examined costs and not efficiency. This article examines a new technique--data envelopment analysis (DEA)--that facilitates the conduct of efficiency studies. The utility of DEA is analyzed by comparing this technique with other methods used to measure efficiency, by discussing the application of DEA in the health care industry and by assessing the validity of results from DEA studies. The article concludes with an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of DEA and suggestions for refining this technique.

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Apr 1, 1994·Journal of Medical Systems·Y A Ozcan, R R Bannick
Feb 1, 1993·Journal of Medical Systems·M D Rosko, C E Carpenter
Oct 27, 2007·The European Journal of Health Economics : HEPAC : Health Economics in Prevention and Care·Marketta VeiholaHarri Sintonen
Jun 27, 2000·Social Science & Medicine·J Novek
Dec 17, 2009·Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice·Barbara A MarkYasar A Ozcan
Dec 21, 2006·Transfusion·Marketta VeiholaRiitta Kekomäki
May 26, 2016·Medical Care Research and Review : MCRR·Andrew M RyanHelen R Burstin
Jan 1, 1996·European Psychiatry : the Journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists·M Knapp
Apr 16, 2020·BMC Health Services Research·Minyuan HuangLuxi Yi
Apr 22, 2018·Applied Health Economics and Health Policy·Firdaus HafidzSandy Tubeuf
May 20, 2020·Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology·Tesleem K Babalola, Indres Moodley
Apr 8, 1995·Health Services Management Research : an Official Journal of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration·R R Bannick, Y A Ozcan
Nov 18, 2017·Medical Care Research and Review : MCRR·Michael RoskoRyan Mutter
Aug 21, 2020·International Journal of Health Economics and Management·Michael RoskoManouchehr Tavakoli
Nov 29, 2020·International Journal for Equity in Health·Qian LiWanjin Hu

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