Ozcan Y.A. Health Care Benchmarking and Performance Evaluation: An Assessment using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)

Springer, 2014. — 346 p. — 2nd ed. — ISBN: 1489974717, 9781489974716The second edition of this book, as in the first edition, places emphasis on the application of contemporary performance and efficiency evaluation methods, using data envelopment analysis (DEA), to create optimization-based benchmarks including, but not limited to, hospitals, physician group practices, health mainte- nance organizations, nursing homes, and other health care delivery organizations. Hence, this book will not only be useful for graduate students to learn DEA applications in health care but will also be an excellent reference and how-to book for practicing administrators.