Editorial: Cost and Efficiency within Health Care Systems M. TavakoliH.T.O. Davies Editorial Introduction Pages: 5 - 6
Performance of U.S. Teaching Hospitals: A Panel Analysis of Cost Inefficiency Michael D. Rosko OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 16
Inpatient–Outpatient Cost Shifting in Washington Hospitals Daniel L. FriesnerRobert Rosenman OriginalPaper Pages: 17 - 26
Addressing Bed Costs for the Elderly: A New Methodology for Modelling Patient Outcomes and Length of Stay Adele H. MarshallSally I. McCleanPeter H. Millard OriginalPaper Pages: 27 - 33
The 'NICE' Approach to Technology Assessment: An Economics Perspective Stephen BirchAmiram Gafni OriginalPaper Pages: 35 - 41
Use of Quality Adjusted Life Years and Life Years Gained as Benchmarks in Economic Evaluations: A Critical Appraisal Christopher EvansManouche TavakoliBruce Crawford OriginalPaper Pages: 43 - 49
Measuring Case-Mix Complexity of Tertiary Care Hospitals Using DRGs Hayoung ParkYoungsoo Shin OriginalPaper Pages: 51 - 61
Determining Location and Size of Medical Departments in a Hospital Network: A Multiobjective Decision Support Approach Christian StummerKarl DoernerKurt Heidenberger OriginalPaper Pages: 63 - 71