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    Translating frontiers into practice: Taking the next steps toward improving hospital efficiency

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    Authors
    Mutter, R.
    Rosko, M.
    Greene, William
    Wilson, P.
    Date
    2011
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Mutter, R. and Rosko, M. and Greene, W. and Wilson, P. 2011. Translating frontiers into practice: Taking the next steps toward improving hospital efficiency. Medical Care Research and Review. 68 (1): pp. 3S-19S.
    Source Title
    Medical Care Research and Review
    DOI
    10.1177/1077558710384878
    ISSN
    1077-5587
    School
    School of Economics and Finance
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14446
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Frontier techniques, including data envelopment analysis (DEA) and stochastic frontier analysis (SFA), have been used to measure health care provider efficiency in hundreds of published studies. Although these methods have the potential to be useful to decision makers, their utility is limited by both methodological questions concerning their application, as well as some disconnect between the information they provide and the insight sought by decision makers. The articles in this special issue focus on the application of DEA and SFA to hospitals with the hope of making these techniques more accurate and accessible to end users. This introduction to the special issue highlights the importance of measuring the efficiency of health care providers, provides a background on frontier techniques, contains an overview of the articles in the special issue, and suggests a research agenda for DEA and SFA. © The Author(s) 2011.

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