Measuring Efficiency in Health Care: Analytic Techniques and Health Policy

by Andrew Street, Rowena Jacobs, Peter C. Smith

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521851440
• ISBN13: 9780521851442
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"