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ArticleJournal of medical systems2008

Data envelopment analysis comparison of hospital efficiency and quality.

Preethy Nayar, Yasar A Ozcan

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Article in Journal of medical systems, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2 authors.

Preethy NayarHealth Services Research and Administration, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-4350, USA. pnayar@unmc.edu
Yasar A Ozcan

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Using a sample of Virginia hospitals, performance measures of quality were examined as they related to technical efficiency. Efficiency scores for the study hospitals were computed using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The study found that the technically efficient hospitals were performing well as far as quality measures were concerned. Some of the technically inefficient hospitals were also performing well with respect to quality. DEA can be used to benchmark both dimensions of hospital performance: technical efficiency and quality. The results have policy implications in view of growing concern that hospitals may be improving their efficiency at the expense of quality.

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BenchmarkingEfficiency, OrganizationalAnti-Bacterial AgentsCross-Sectional StudiesEconomics, HospitalHospital AdministrationHospital RecordsHospitalsHumansManagement AuditMedicarePneumoniaQuality Assurance, Health CareUnited StatesVirginiaAnti-Bacterial Agents

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PMID18444355

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