Performance evaluation in home and community care

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 291-297

  Polisena, Julie ^a   Laporte, Audrey ^b,c   Coyte, Peter C ^b,c,d   Croxford, Ruth ^c  

^a CANADIAN AGENCY FOR DRUGS AND TECHNOLOGIES IN HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d Health Care   (Canada)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency; Evaluation; Health services delivery; Home and community care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE MIX; COMMUNITY CARE; DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; PRODUCTIVITY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ONTARIO;

EID: 77954074590     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-008-9240-y     Document Type: Article

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