Exploring the use of DEA for formative evaluation in primary diabetes care: An application to compare English practices

Amado, Carla; Dyson, Robert G.

doi:10.1057/jors.2008.160

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“…This is the reason why we agree that the establishment of learning networks between the different delegations can bring interesting insights. As reported in other formative evaluation studies undertaken with DEA (see for example, [40] and [48]), the application of this method in practice raises a number of questions whose resolution requires careful consideration, with the close involvement of the practitioners.…”

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Integrating the Data Envelopment Analysis and the Balanced Scorecard approaches for enhanced performance assessment

Amado

Santos

Marques

2012

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This article presents the development of a conceptual framework which aims to assess Decision Making Units (DMU) from multiple perspectives. The proposed conceptual framework combines the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) method with the non-parametric technique known as Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) by using various interconnected models which try to encapsulate four perspectives of performance (financial, customers, internal processes, learning and growth).The practical relevance of the conceptual model has been tested by using it to assess the performance of DMUs in a multinational company which operates in two business areas.Various models were developed with the collaboration of the directors of the company in order to conceive an appropriate and consensual framework which may provide useful information for the company. The application of the conceptual framework provides structured information regarding the performance of each DMU (from multiple perspectives) and ways to improve it. By integrating the BSC and the DEA approaches this research helps to identify where there is room for improving organisational performance and points out opportunities for reciprocal learning between DMUs. In doing so, this article provides a set of recommendations relating to the successful application of DEA and its integration with the BSC, in order to promote a continuous learning process and to bring about improvements in performance.

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Integrating the Data Envelopment Analysis and the Balanced Scorecard approaches for enhanced performance assessment

Amado

Santos

Marques

2012

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114

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“…Some examples of studies in primary care focusing on a given specialty/disease are Linna et al (2003), who analysed oral health care in Finnish health centers through a DEA method, Amado and Dyson (2009), who analysed diabetes in primary care in the UK using DEA, Thanassoulis et al (1995) who used DEA to assess the provision of perinatal care in district health authorities in the UK, or Ozcan (1998) who used DEA to assess otitis media treatment by primary care physicians in the US. Even if these studies focus on a particular disease they still use different levels of analysis: physicians in Ozcan (1998), district health authorities in Thanassoulis et al (1995), and health centers in Linna et al (2003) and Amado and Dyson (2009).…”

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“…Even if these studies focus on a particular disease they still use different levels of analysis: physicians in Ozcan (1998), district health authorities in Thanassoulis et al (1995), and health centers in Linna et al (2003) and Amado and Dyson (2009). Given the differences in the assessed disease in each of the above studies, the input/output specifications are also different and are not indeed comparable.…”

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Using DEA to estimate potential savings at GP units at medical specialty level

Thanassoulis

Portela

Graveney

2014

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

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The aim of this paper is to identify benchmark cost-efficient General Practitioner (GP) units at delivering health care in the Geriatric and General Medicine (GMG) specialty and estimate potential cost savings. The use of a single medical specialty makes it possible to reflect more accurately the medical condition of the List population of the Practice so as to contextualize its expenditure on care for patients. We use Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to estimate the potential for cost savings at GP units and to decompose these savings into those attributable to the reduction of resource use, to altering the mix of resources used and to those attributable to securing better resource 'prices'. The results reveal a considerable potential for savings of varying composition across GP units.

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“…For example, Podinovski (2007a) assesses production trade-offs and the corresponding weight restrictions in the context of higher education. Amado and Dyson (2009) and Amado and Santos (2009) use this method in applications of DEA to health care provision. Santos et al (2011) and Santos and Amado (2014) construct production trade-offs and weight restrictions for electricity distribution utilities and the court system.…”

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On single-stage DEA models with weight restrictions

Podinovski

Bouzdine‐Chameeva

2016

European Journal of Operational Research

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The literature on data envelopment analysis (DEA) often employs multiplier models that incorporate very small (theoretically infinitesimal) lower bounds on the input and output weights. Computational problems arising from the solution of such programs are well known.In this paper we identify an additional theoretical problem that may arise if such bounds are used in a multiplier model with weight restrictions. Namely, we show that the use of small lower bounds may lead to the identification of an efficient target with negative inputs. We suggest a corrected model that overcomes this problem.

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Exploring the use of DEA for formative evaluation in primary diabetes care: An application to compare English practices

Cited by 31 publications

References 24 publications

Integrating the Data Envelopment Analysis and the Balanced Scorecard approaches for enhanced performance assessment

Integrating the Data Envelopment Analysis and the Balanced Scorecard approaches for enhanced performance assessment

Using DEA to estimate potential savings at GP units at medical specialty level

On single-stage DEA models with weight restrictions

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