Thanassoulis, Emmanuel, Silva Portela, Maria and Graveney, Michael (2016). Identifying the scope for savings at inpatient episode level:an illustration applying DEA to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. European Journal of Operational Research, 255 (2), 570–582.
Abstract
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by a largely irreversible obstruction of the airways, and is one of the leading causes of chronic morbidity and mortality worldwide. This paper illustrates the use of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to assess the potential for cost savings at COPD inpatient episode level. The analysis uses the length of stay of each episode as a surrogate for expenditure on that episode while allowing for the medical condition of the patient and the quality of care received. We find substantial possible reductions in length of stay which would translate to cost savings. The paper also explores differences both between hospitals and between care teams within hospitals so that cost efficient protocols of treatment can be identified and disseminated.
Publication DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2016.05.028 |
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Divisions: | College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School > Operations & Information Management |
Additional Information: | © 2016, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | health care,COPD,efficiency analysis |
Publication ISSN: | 1872-6860 |
Last Modified: | 30 Sep 2024 10:52 |
Date Deposited: | 31 May 2016 15:54 | PURE Output Type: | Article |
Published Date: | 2016-12-01 |
Published Online Date: | 2016-05-20 |
Accepted Date: | 2016-05-13 |
Submitted Date: | 2015-07-19 |
Authors: |
Thanassoulis, Emmanuel
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0000-0002-3769-5374)
Silva Portela, Maria Graveney, Michael |
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