Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Efficiency in health care
- 2 The components of an efficiency model
- 3 Stochastic frontier analysis of cross-sectional data
- 4 Stochastic frontier analysis of panel data
- 5 Data envelopment analysis
- 6 The Malmquist index
- 7 A comparison of SFA and DEA
- 8 Unresolved issues and challenges in efficiency measurement
- 9 Some alternative approaches to measuring performance
- 10 Conclusions
- Appendix: Data description
- References
- Author index
- Subject index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 December 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Efficiency in health care
- 2 The components of an efficiency model
- 3 Stochastic frontier analysis of cross-sectional data
- 4 Stochastic frontier analysis of panel data
- 5 Data envelopment analysis
- 6 The Malmquist index
- 7 A comparison of SFA and DEA
- 8 Unresolved issues and challenges in efficiency measurement
- 9 Some alternative approaches to measuring performance
- 10 Conclusions
- Appendix: Data description
- References
- Author index
- Subject index
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- Measuring Efficiency in Health CareAnalytic Techniques and Health Policy, pp. i - ivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2006