Measuring Efficiency in Health Care
Author
Rowena Jacobs (University Of York)
, Andrew Street (University Of York)
, Peter C. Smith (University Of York)
The pursuit of efficiency has become a central objective of policymakers within most health systems. This 2006 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.