Frontier Efficiency Measurement in Health Care: A Review of Empirical Techniques and Selected Applications
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| Title | Frontier Efficiency Measurement in Health Care: A Review of Empirical Techniques and Selected Applications |
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| Author | Worthington, Andrew Charles |
| Journal Name | Medical Care Research and Review |
| Year Published | 2004 |
| Place of publication | Hanover, PA |
| Publisher | Sage Publications |
| Abstract | Health care institutions worldwide are increasingly the subject of analyses aimed at defining, measuring, and improving organizational efficiency. However, despite the importance of efficiency measurement in health care services, it is only relatively recently that the more advanced econometric and mathematical programming frontier techniques have been applied to hospitals, nursing homes, health management organizations, and physician practices, among others. This article provides a synoptic survey of the comparatively few empirical analyses of frontier efficiency measurement in health care services. Both the measurement of efficiency in a range of health care services and the posited determinants of health care efficiency are examined. |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Published | Yes |
| Publisher URI | http://mcr.sagepub.com/ |
| Alternative URI | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077558704263796 |
| Copyright Statement | Copyright 2004 SAGE Publications. This is the author-manuscript version of the paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version. |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue Number | 2 |
| Page from | 135 |
| Page to | 170 |
| ISSN | 1077-5587 |
| Date Accessioned | 2008-02-20 |
| Date Available | 2009-03-26T06:41:38Z |
| Language | en_AU |
| Faculty | Griffith Business School |
| Subject | PRE2009-Health Economics |
| URI | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/21733 |
| Publication Type | Journal Articles (Refereed Article) |
| Publication Type Code | c1x |
Please use this identifier to cite this record: http://hdl.handle.net/10072/21733
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