Health System Efficiency: How to Make Measurement Matter for Policy and Management

Health System Efficiency: How to Make Measurement Matter for Policy and Management
ISBN-10
9289050411
ISBN-13
9789289050418
Category
Medical
Pages
264
Language
English
Published
2016-12-15
Publisher
Health Policy
Authors
Peter C. Smith, Jonathan Cylus, Irene Papanicolas

Description

In this book the authors explore the state of the art on efficiency measurement in health systems and international experts offer insights into the pitfalls and potential associated with various measurement techniques. The authors show that: - The core idea of efficiency is easy to understand in principle - maximizing valued outputs relative to inputs, but is often difficult to make operational in real-life situations - There have been numerous advances in data collection and availability, as well as innovative methodological approaches that give valuable insights into how efficiently health care is delivered - Our simple analytical framework can facilitate the development and interpretation of efficiency indicators.

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