Health Care Benchmarking and Performance Evaluation: An Assessment using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science Book 120)

Front Matter....Pages i-xxvii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Evaluation of Performance in Health Care....Pages 3-14 Performance Measurement Using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)....Pages 15-41 Returns to Scale Models....Pages 43-56 Multiplier Models....Pages 57-69 Non-Oriented and Measure Specific Models....Pages 71-81 Longititudunal (Panel) Evaluations Using DEA....Pages 83-91 Effectiveness and Other Models of DEA....Pages 93-100 Front Matter....Pages 101-101 Hospital Applications....Pages 103-117 Physician Practice and Disease Specific Applications....Pages 119-142 Nursing Home Applications....Pages 143-153 Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) Applications....Pages 155-158 Home Health Agency Applications....Pages 159-167 Applications for Other Health Care Organizations....Pages 169-179 Other DEA Applications at Hospital Settings....Pages 181-189 Back Matter....Pages 191-217 One of the most pressing problems in today's health care system is performance evaluation. Performance evaluation in health care goes well beyond financial and efficiently issues directly to matters of life and death. HEALTH CARE BENCHMARKING AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION applies the analytical framework of Data Envelopment Analysis methodology to provide health care administrators with specific benchmarking tools for performance evaluation. Most importantly, 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. Dr. Ozcan is a professor of Health Administration at Virginia Commonwealth University and the Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Health Care Management Science . He has written a book that will have wide use in the academic and practitioner health care communities. It is a book that will be particularly influential in the application and utility of performance measures in the health care systems worldwide. One of the most pressing problems in today's health care system is performance evaluation. Performance evaluation in health care goes well beyond financial and efficiently issues directly to matters of life and death. Health Care Benchmarking and Performance Evaluation applies the analytical framework of Data Envelopment Analysis methodology to provide health care administrators with specific benchmarking 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. Professor Ozcan is a professor of Health Administration at Virginia Commonwealth University and the Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Health Care Management Science. He has written a book that will have wide use in the academic and practitioner health care communities. It is a book that will be particularly influential in the application and utility of performance measures in the health care systems worldwide. "One of the most pressing problems in today's health care system is performance evaluation. Performance evaluation in health care goes well beyond financial and efficiency issues related directly to matters of life and death. Health Care Benchmarking and Performance Evaluation applies the analytical framework of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) methodology to provide health care administrators with specific benchmarking tools for performance evaluation. Most importantly, the book provides health care practitioners and administrators with information on what is lacking in specific aspects of performance and then outlines the ways these performance inadequacies can be improved."--Jacket 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. Applies the analytical framework of Data Envelopment Analysis methodology to provide health care administrators with specific benchmarking tools for performance evaluation. This book provides information of what is lacking in specific aspects of performance and then outlines the ways how these performance inadequacies can be improved