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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2015

Technical efficiency and organ transplant performance: a mixed-method approach.

Carmen de-Pablos-Heredero, Carlos Fernández-Renedo, Jose-Amelio Medina-Merodio

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Carmen de-Pablos-HerederoSchool of Social Sciences, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, PO Box 28032, Madrid 28032, Spain. carmen.depablos@urjc.es.
Carlos Fernández-RenedoCastilla and Leon Transplant Coordination Office, National Health System, León 24071, Spain. cfernandezr@saludcastillayleon.es.
Jose-Amelio Medina-MerodioComputer Science Department, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid 28871, Spain. josea.medina@uah.es.

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Abstract

Mixed methods research is interesting to understand complex processes. Organ transplants are complex processes in need of improved final performance in times of budgetary restrictions. As the main objective a mixed method approach is used in this article to quantify the technical efficiency and the excellence achieved in organ transplant systems and to prove the influence of organizational structures and internal processes in the observed technical efficiency. The results show that it is possible to implement mechanisms for the measurement of the different components by making use of quantitative and qualitative methodologies. The analysis show a positive relationship between the levels related to the Baldrige indicators and the observed technical efficiency in the donation and transplant units of the 11 analyzed hospitals. Therefore it is possible to conclude that high levels in the Baldrige indexes are a necessary condition to reach an increased level of the service offered.

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Delivery of Health CareModels, TheoreticalOrgan Transplantation

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PMCPMC4454943

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