Measuring our work: Scenarios to value productivity in health care

Measuring Medical Care Productivity

MEASURING productivity is a central challenge in medical care, as it is in all other service indus­ tries. Medical care is particularly important, however, because of the enormous share of gross domestic prod­ uct (GDP) that it takes. The United States spent $2 tril­ lion dollars, or 16 percent of GDP, on health care in 2005 (Catlin, et al. 2007). This compares with a me­ dian of 8.5 percent am...

Multifactor Productivity in Health Care

The following overview introduces a series of articles that focuses on multifactor productivity (MFP) growth in health care. This edition of the Health Care Financing Review begins with a theoretical discussion of the Medicare Economic Index (MEI) and the conceptual reasons for the MFP adjustment incorporated into the Medicare physician fee schedule (MPFS). The issue then moves on to an explora...

Implementation of "Chronic Care Model" for Diabetes Care in Iranian Primary Health Care: Does it work?

Objective: Traditional health care systems were not capable to face successfully with chronic diseases including diabetes mellitus. In this regard, the Chronic Care Model or CCM was created to promote quality of care. The aim of this study was to examine whether establishment of chronic care model, with focus on diabetic patients, has led to clinically significant outcomes in Iran. Materials a...

Our Irrelevant Right to Health Care

Measuring Productivity Changes in Academic Units

In this study, the productivity changes of industrial and comprehensive universities have been measured using the Malmquist Index based on data envelopment analysis in the period of 2013-2014 and 2014- 2015. The input variables include the number of faculty members, the number of newly enrolled students, the number of staff, and total expenses; the output variables also include the number of cu...