Including quality attributes in efficiency measures consistent with net benefit: Creating incentives for evidence based medicine in practice

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 159-168

  Eckermann, Simon ^a   Coelli, Tim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Economic incentives; Hospital efficiency; Maximising net benefit; Shadow price; Specifying quality variables

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INCENTIVE; MORTALITY; PRICE DYNAMICS; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESPAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

AUSTRALIA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84870868852     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.10.020     Document Type: Article

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