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. 1993 Summer;18(3):81-8.
doi: 10.1097/00004010-199301830-00010.

Cost-effectiveness and data envelopment analysis

M D Finkler  1 , D D Wirtschafter
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Cost-effectiveness and data envelopment analysis

M D Finkler et al. Health Care Manage Rev. 1993 Summer.

Abstract

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) identifies price and technical inefficiencies among decision-making units. With controls for differences in case-mix and standardized outcomes, DEA's "best practice" frontier can be interpreted as a "cost-effectiveness" frontier. This study illustrates the key concepts, identifies the decisions required to use the technique for medical care decision making, and presents an application to a system of nine hospitals that offer obstetric services.

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