A comparison method for allocative efficiency measurement in multiclinic healthcare systems

Paul Dum, Liam O'Neill, M. Jeya Chandra and Jack C. Hayya

International Journal of Business and Systems Research, 2010, vol. 4, issue 2, 227-242

Abstract: Managers of large networks of clinics need a way to meaningfully compare the performance of these clinics and make recommendations on how to improve the less efficient ones. This process is complicated by different patient populations requiring a different clinic service mix. In addition, a significant problem occurs when resources are shared between clinics or the output of one clinic becomes the input of another. A mixed integer/linear programming model is developed for comparing the allocative efficiencies of clinics in a network. The model is illustrated using an example of two competing health systems that are considering a merger.

Keywords: health services; capacity planning; DEA; data envelopment analysis; horizontal integration; multi-clinic healthcare systems; efficiency measurement; clinical networks; clinic performance; resource allocation; competing health systems; health system mergers. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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