In this book the authors explore the state of the art on efficiency measurement in health systems and international experts offer insights into the pitfalls and

"This book examines some of the most important techniques currently available to measure the efficiency of systems and organisations, including data envelopment

The United States has the highest per capita spending on health care of any industrialized nation but continually lags behind other nations in health care outco

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This book highlights the core elements of a possible performance measurement framework to assess health systems at the international and national levels. It als