Main description:

Hugely relevant in today's world of healthcare performance management, this comprehensive work applies the analytical framework of Data Envelopment Analysis methodology to provide health care administrators with specific tools for performance evaluation. Most important, the book provides health care practitioners and administrators with information of what is lacking in specific aspects of performance and then outlines the ways how these performance inadequacies can be improved.

Contents:

Methods.- Evaluation of Performance in Health Care.- Performance Measurement Using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA).- Returns to Scale Models.- Multiplier Models.- Non-Oriented and Measure Specific Models.- Longititudunal (Panel) Evaluations Using DEA.- Effectiveness and Other Models of DEA.- Applications.- Hospital Applications.- Physician Practice and Disease Specific Applications.- Nursing Home Applications.- Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) Applications.- Home Health Agency Applications.- Applications for Other Health Care Organizations.- Other DEA Applications at Hospital Settings.