CHAPTER ONE E - HEALTH The Next Health Care Frontier

Determination of Technical Efficiency of Intensive Care Units in Hospitals Afilliated to Kerman University of Medical Sciences by Stochastic Frontier Analysis in 2008

Background & Aims: Hospitals are the most important centers that provide health services in the country. They have to use scientific and efficient management at all levels for promoting health. Intensive care units (ICU) are one of the most sensitive parts of the hospitals; therefore, paying attention to its efficiency is of particular importance. The purpose of this paper was to estimate the t...

Long term care: the next healthcare frontier.

THE CENTRE FOR MARKET AND PUBLIC ORGANISATION Centre for Market and Public Organisation

This chapter reviews the literature devoted to studying markets for health care services and health insurance. There has been tremendous growth and progress in this field. A tremendous amount of new research has been done since the publication of the first volume of this Handbook. In addition, there has been increasing development and use of frontier industrial organization methods. We begin by...

E-Health Care Information Systems: An Introduction for Students and Professionals

E-Health Care Information Systems: An Introduction for Students and Professionals, a book by Dr. Joseph Tan, epitomizes a storehouse of innovative concepts, tested theories and practical know-hows about the past, the present and the future of E-Health Care Information Systems. The book uses a multi-theoretical and field-tested approach towards the application of e-health care ideas in existing,...

Translating frontiers into practice: taking the next steps toward improving hospital efficiency.

Frontier techniques, including data envelopment analysis (DEA) and stochastic frontier analysis (SFA), have been used to measure health care provider efficiency in hundreds of published studies. Although these methods have the potential to be useful to decision makers, their utility is limited by both methodological questions concerning their application, as well as some disconnect between the ...