Health Care Efficiency Measures, Appendix F

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Appendix F: List of Excluded Studies

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1. HEDIS outcomes may not be the only ones you need to benchmark. Healthc Benchmarks. 1997 Jun; 4(6):81-3. Rec #: 1338

2. Provider overhauls pathway procedures to improve outcomes analysis, care efficiency. Health Care Cost Reengineering Rep. 1998 Feb; 3(2):25-9. Rec #: 1330

3. Asadi, M. J. and Baltz, W. A. Activity-based costing for clinical paths. An example to improve clinical cost & efficiency. J Soc Health Syst. 1996; 5(2):1-7. Rec #: 1356

4. Berndt, E. R. Health Care Productivity: Comment. Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. 1997; 0(0):203-15. Rec #: 1468

5. Blank, J. L. T. Public provision and performance: Contributions from efficiency and productivity measurement. With contributions from C. A. Knox Lovell et al. Amsterdam; New York and Oxford: Elsevier Science North-Holland; 2000. xvii, 412. Rec #: 1454

6. Blank, J. L. T.; Eggink, E., and de Graaff, A. I. Een empirisch onderzock naar de productiestructuur van verpleeghuizen in Nederland Zuinig op Zorg; 1996 Sep: 3-5. Rec #: 1620

7. Campari, M. A Competitive Strategy for the Efficient Organization of Out-Patient Services. Hermans, H. E. G. M.; Casparie, A. F., and Paelinck, J. H. P. Aldershot, U.K. and Sydney: Dartmouth; distributed in the U.S. by Ashgate Brookfield Vt.; 1992; pp. 79-85. Rec #: 1495

8. Casale, C.; Labbrozzi, D.; Nicolucci, A.; Carinci, F.; Avanzi, C.; Dell'Aquila, R.; Forcella, M.; Montemurno, C.; Procaccini, D. A.; Ruscitto, F., and et al. Evaluation of the efficiency of a nephrology department by the DRGs and Barber's Nomogram. The role of comorbidity. Contrib Nephrol. 1994; 109:84-9. Rec #: 1387

9. Chatterjee, S. Consolidations, Efficiency, and Quality in Health Care Markets [Ph.D.]: University of Florida; 2003. Rec #: 1015

10. Chilingerian, J. A. Evaluating why some physicians hospital practices are more efficient: taking DEA inside the hospital. Charnes, A.; Cooper, W.; Lewin, A., and Seiford, L. DEA Theory, Methodology and Applications. Boston: Kluwer; 1994. Rec #: 1565

11. Cohen, J. and Ubel, P. Accounting for Fairness and Efficiency in Health Economics. Davis, John B. Advances in Social Economics. London and New York: Routledge; 2001; pp. 94-109. Rec #: 1421

12. Dalkir, S. Competition and Efficiency in the U.S. Managed Healthcare Industry [Ph.D.]: Cornell University; 1995. Rec #: 1496

13. Dash, P. C. and Murty, K. N. Evaluation of Hospital Performance in Andhra Pradesh Using Combined Utilisation and Productivity Analysis. Margin. 2001; 33(2-3):92-119. Rec #: 1427

14. Eggink, E. and Blank, J. L. T. Efficiency of Dutch Nursing Homes: The Sensitivity of DEA Scores to Different Sets of Resource Prices. Blank, Jos L. T.With contributions from C. A. Knox Lovell et al. Amsterdam; New York and Oxford: Elsevier Science North-Holland; 2000; pp. 147-72. Rec #: 1056

15. Fare, R. and et al. Productivity Developments in Swedish Hospitals: A Malmquist Output Index Approach. Charnes, Abraham and et al. Dordrecht; Boston and London: Kluwer Academic; 1994; pp. 253-72. Rec #: 1471

16. Fare, R.; Grosskopf, S.; Lindgren, B., and Roos, P. Productivity developments in Swedish hospitals: A Malmquist output index approach. Discussion Paper No 89-3, Illinois. Southern Illinois University; 1989. Rec #: 1626

17. Fare, R.; Grosskopf, S., and Lovell, C. A. K. The Measurement of Efficiency of Production. Boston: Kluwer-Nijhoff; 1985. Rec #: 1625

18. Folland, S.; Goodman, A. C., and Stano, M. The Economics of Health and Health Care. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall; 2001. Rec #: 1575

19. Frank, R. G. Medical Care Output and Productivity in the Nonprofit Sector: Comment. Cutler, David M. and Berndt, Ernst R. NBER Studies in Income and Wealth, vol. 62. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press; 2001; pp. 137-40. Rec #: 1042

20. Ganley, A. and Cubbin, J. S. Public Sector Efficiency Measurement: Applications of Data Envelopment Analysis. Amsterdam: Elsevier; 1992. Rec #: 1628

21. Grosskopf, S.; Margaritis, D., and Valdmanis, V. Nurse productivity and wages. New Zealand Economic Papers. 1990; 24:73-86. Rec #: 1580

22. Hellman, E. A. Analysis of a home health agency's productivity system. Public Health Nurs. 1991 Dec; 8(4):251-7. Rec #: 1401

23. Lee, W. and Wang, Y. Productivity Growth of Public and Private Medical Centers and Regional Hospitals in Taiwan: Nonparametric Malmquist Index (In Japanese With English summary ). Academia Economic Papers. 1998; 26(3):243-69. Rec #: 1465

24. Lekprichakul, T. Efficiency Measurement of 89 Public Provincial Hospitals in Thailand: Parametric and Non-parametric Estimation Methods [Ph.D.]: University of Hawaii; 2001. Rec #: 1054

25. Lewis, D. The Allocative Efficiency of the Australian Health Care System. Bridges, John Australian Studies in Health Service Administration, no. 89. Sydney: University of New South Wales School of Health Services Management; 2001; pp. 213-23. Rec #: 1047

26. Liang, S. Contract Choice and Physician Productivity [Ph.D.]: University of Washington; 1999. Rec #: 1452

27. Ling, D. Productivity and Competition in Health Care Markets [Ph.D.]: Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 1999. Rec #: 1462

28. Lo, J. C.; Shih, K. S., and Chen, K. L. Technical efficiency of the general hospitals in Taiwan: An application of DEA. Academia Economic Papers. 1996; 24(3):275-96. Rec #: 1618

29. Mensah, Y. M. Input Substitution and Productive Efficiency: Optimization Behavior in Nonprofit Institutions. Lee, Cheng-Few Greenwich, Conn. and London: JAI Press; 1997; pp. 161-91. Rec #: 1457

30. Mirmirani, S. and Li, H. Health Care Efficiency Measurement: An Application of Data Envelopment Analysis. Rivista Internazionale Di Scienze Economiche e Commerciali. 1995; 42(3):217-29. Rec #: 1494

31. Mobley, L. R. Multihospital Systems in California: Behavior and Efficiency [Ph.D.]: University of California Santa Barbara; 1990. Rec #: 1517

32. Molinari, N. A. Efficiency Improvements via Monitoring Medical Group Practice [Ph.D.]: Wayne State University; 2001. Rec #: 1053

33. Mourdoukoutas, P. Technical Efficiency and Hospital Costs [Ph.D.]: University of Connecticut; 1994. Rec #: 1503

34. Okoye, I. N. The Effects of Internal Organization Structure and Administrator Education on the Efficiency of United State Short-Term Hospitals: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach [Ph.D.]: Wayne State University; 2003. Rec #: 1033

35. Osterkamp, R. Health-Care Efficiency in OECD Countries. Applied Economics Quarterly. 2004; 50:117-42. Rec #: 1007

36. Overdyk, F. J.; Harvey, S. C.; Fishman, R. L., and Shippey, F. Successful strategies for improving operating room efficiency at academic institutions. Anesth Analg. 1998 Apr; 86(4):896-906. Rec #: 1323

37. Ozcan, Y. A. and Lynch, J. R. Rural Hospital Closures: An Inquiry into Efficiency. Scheffler, Richard M. and Rossiter, Louis F. Greenwich, Conn. and London: JAI Press; 1992; pp. 205-24. Rec #: 1493

38. Pekurinen, M. and et al. Hospital Productivity in Finland: Further Analysis. Liiketaloudellinen Aikakauskirja. 1991; 40(1):50-67. Rec #: 1518

39. Ramanathan, T. V.; Chandra, K. S.; Thupeng, W. M.; Kessler, D., and McClellan, M. A Comparison of the Technical Efficiencies of Health Districts and Hospitals in Botswana. The Effects of Hospital Ownership on Medical Productivity. 2003(8537): 307-20. Rec #: 1039

40. Rattso, J. Productivity and Costs in Public Production of Services. Andersen, Torben M. and Molander, Per Cambridge; New York and Melbourne: Cambridge University Press; 2003; pp. 105-30. Rec #: 1407

41. Rice, T. The Economics of Health Reconsidered. Chicago: Health Administration Press; 2003. Rec #: 1596

42. Rohrer, J. E. and Vaughan, M. Monitoring health care system performance in Iowa. Health Serv Manage Res. 1997 May; 10(2):107-12. Rec #: 1341

43. Roos, P. Measuring output of hospital services. Fox, K. J. Efficiency in the Public Sector. Boston: Kluwer; 2002. Rec #: 1597

44. Shanahan, M. The Allocative Efficiency of the Australian Health Care System: Commentary. Bridges, John Australian Studies in Health Service Administration, no. 89. Sydney: University of New South Wales School of Health Services Management; 2001; pp. 225-26. Rec #: 1046

45. Silkman, R. H. Measuring Efficiency: An Assessment of Data Envelopment Analysis. San Francisco: Jossey Bass; 1986. Rec #: 1630

46. Simoens, S. and Giuffrida, A. The Impact of Physician Payment Methods on Raising the Efficiency of the Healthcare System: An International Comparison. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy. 2004; 3(1):39-46. Rec #: 1005

47. Sissouras, A.; Mitropoulos, J., and Gounaris, C. Evaluating the Efficiency of Health Care Units: The Case of the Greek Primary Health Care Centers. Javor, Andras; van Eimeren, Wilhelm, and Duru, Gerard Villeurbanne, France: International Society for System Science in Health Care; 2000; pp. 202-05. Rec #: 1055

48. Smith, P. Developing Composite Indicators for Assessing Health System Efficiency. Smith, Peter Paris and Washington, D.C.: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; 2002; pp. 295-316. Rec #: 1013

49. Soderstrom, N. S. Health Care Production Efficiency under Different Ownership Types: Commentary. Chan, James L. Greenwich, Conn. and London: JAI Press; 1994; pp. 323-28. Rec #: 1476

50. Sommersguter-Reichmann, M. and Parry, I. W. H. Analysing Hospital Productivity Changes Using Non-parametric Approaches On the Efficiency of Public and Private Health Care Systems: An Application to Alternative Health Policies in the United Kingdom. 2003(01/07): 145-60. Rec #: 1041

51. Stepan, A. and Sommersguter-Reichmann, M. New Public Management and Its Excesses: The Financing of Hospitals and Path-Dependent Impacts on Hospital Efficiency: A Case Study for Austria. RISEC: International Review of Economics and Business. 2004; 51(1):143-57. Rec #: 1019

52. Stevens, C. J. Ownership and Inframarginal Rents: The Role and Effect of Input-Supplier Ownership on the Efficiency of Health Maintenance Organizations [Ph.D.]: Washington State University; 2000. Rec #: 1443

53. Stone, G. A. An Efficiency Analysis of Physician Distribution in Michigan Using Data Envelopment Analysis [Ph.D.]: Wayne State University; 1999. Rec #: 1451

54. Su, J. Measuring Efficiency in Hospital Mergers and Access to Health Care [Ph.D.]: University of Kansas; 2000. Rec #: 1453

55. Szczepura, A.; Davies, A.; Fletcher, C. J., and Boussofiane, A. Efficiency and effectiveness in general practice. Journal of Management in Medicine. 1993; 7(5):36-47. Rec #: 1603

56. Thanassoulis, E.; Boussofiane, A., and Dyson, R. A comparison of data envelopment analysis and ration analysis as tools for performance assessment. International Journal of Management Science. 1996; 24(3):229-44. Rec #: 1604

57. Tsaprounis, D. The Administrative Efficiency of Hospitals and the Effect of Electronic Data Interchange: A Critical Evaluation of the Stochastic Frontier and the Data Envelopment Analysis Models to Efficiency Measurement [Ph.D.]: City University of New York; 1997. Rec #: 1466

58. Ventura, J.; Gonzalez, E.; Carcaba, A.; Santerre, R. E., and Vernon, J. A. Efficiency and Program-Contract Bargaining in Spanish Public Hospitals Testing for Ownership Mix Efficiency: The Case of the Nursing Home Industry. 2004(11115): 549-73. Rec #: 1012

59. Wagstaff, A. Quantitative techniques for investigating health service efficiency. Seminar on Economia y Salud del Sistema Sanitario Espanol; Santander, Spain. 1992. Rec #: 1616

60. Wang, J. and Mahmood, A. Efficiency of the NSW Public Acute Hospitals: An Application of the Data Envelopment Analysis. Bridges, John Australian Studies in Health Service Administration, no. 89. Sydney: University of New South Wales School of Health Services Management; 2001; pp. 247-60. Rec #: 1045

61. Wang, J. and Mahmood, A. Relative Efficiency of NSW Public Acute Hospitals: A Stochastic Frontier Cost Function Analysis. Bridges, John Australian Studies in Health Service Administration, no. 89. Sydney: University of New South Wales School of Health Services Management; 2001; pp. 261-79. Rec #: 1044

62. Zweifel, P. Health-Care Efficiency in OECD Countries: Comment. Applied Economics Quarterly. 2004; 50:143-49. Rec #: 1006

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3. Perspectives. MedPAC: cost-sharing changes could boost Medicare efficiency. Med Health. 2002 Jul 1; 56(24):7-8. Rec #: 1166

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7. Almanaseer, Y.; Mukherjee, D.; Kline-Rogers, E. M.; Kesterson, S. K.; Sonnad, S. S.; Rogers, B.; Smith, D.; Furney, S.; Ernst, R.; McCort, J., and Eagle, K. A. Implementation of the ACC/AHA guidelines for preoperative cardiac risk assessment in a general medicine preoperative clinic: improving efficiency and preserving outcomes. Cardiology. 2005; 103(1):24-9. Rec #: 1113

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9. Austin, M. T.; Diaz, J. J. Jr; Feurer, I. D.; Miller, R. S.; May, A. K.; Guillamondegui, O. D.; Pinson, C. W., and Morris, J. A. Creating an emergency general surgery service enhances the productivity of trauma surgeons, general surgeons and the hospital. J Trauma. 2005 May; 58(5):906-10. Rec #: 1101

10. Auton, G. M. Using benchmarking techniques to improve efficiency and quality in cardiology services: Part one. J Cardiovasc Manag. 1994 Mar-1994 Apr 30; 5(2):16-8, 20- 1. Rec #: 1384

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15. Benedetti, T. J.; Baldwin, L. M.; Andrilla, C. H., and Hart, L. G. The productivity of Washington State's obstetrician-gynecologist workforce: does gender make a difference? Obstet Gynecol. 2004 Mar; 103(3):499-505. Rec #: 1131

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28. Critchley, P.; Jadad, A. R.; Taniguchi, A.; Woods, A.; Stevens, R.; Reyno, L., and Whelan, T. J. Are some palliative care delivery systems more effective and efficient than others? A systematic review of comparative studies. J Palliat Care. 1999 Winter; 15(4):40-7. Rec #: 1278

29. Cromwell, T. J. Productivity presented graphically. Nurs Manage. 1993 Apr; 24(4):73-8. Rec #: 1390

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32. Dexter, F. and Rittenmeyer, H. Measuring productivity of the phase I postanesthesia care unit. J Perianesth Nurs. 1997 Feb; 12(1):7-11. Rec #: 1344

33. Donham, R. T. Defining measurable OR-PR scheduling, efficiency, and utilization data elements: the Association of Anesthesia Clinical Directors procedural times glossary. Int Anesthesiol Clin. 1998 Winter; 36(1):15-29. Rec #: 1322

34. Duggan, M. Does Contracting Out Increase the Efficiency of Government Programs? Evidence from Medicaid HMOs. Journal of Public Economics. 2004; 88(12):2549-72. Rec #: 1016

35. Eappen, S.; Flanagan, H., and Bhattacharyya, N. Introduction of anesthesia resident trainees to the operating room does not lead to changes in anesthesia-controlled times for efficiency measures. Anesthesiology. 2004 Nov; 101(5):1210-4. Rec #: 1114

36. Eggleston, K.; Grossman, J., and Cutler, D. Productivity Research and Healthcare Delivery Innovation. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy. 2004; 3(3):133-41. Rec #: 1408

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