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<h1>Appendix F: List of Excluded Studies (continued, 2)</h1>
<h2>Health Care Efficiency Measures: Identification, Categorization, and Evaluation</h2> <div id="basic-modal"><!-- start: Basic Modal -->
<p><strong>Contents</strong><br /><a href="hcemappf.html#abstract">Rejected: Abstract Level</a><br /><a href="hcemappf.html#topic">Rejected: Topic</a><br /><a href="hcemappf2.html#focus">Rejected: Focus</a><br /><a href="hcemappf2.html#exact">Rejected: Exact Duplicate</a><br /><a href="hcemappf2.html#data">Rejected: Duplicate Data</a><br /><a href="hcemappf3.html#excluded">Excluded: At Detailed Review</a></p><h3><a id="excluded" name="excluded"></a>Excluded: At Detailed Review</h3><p>1. Al-Shammari, M. A multi-criteria data envelopment analysis model for measuring the productive efficiency of hospitals. <em>International Journal of Operations and Production and Management</em>. 1999; 19(9):879-90. Rec #: 1555</p><p>2. Arrow, K.; Baily, M. N.; Borsch-Supan, A.; Garber, A. M., and McKinsey Global Institute. Health Care Productivity. Los Angeles: McKinsey &amp; Company, Inc.; 1996 Oct. Rec #: 1611</p><p>3. Athanassopoulos, A. D.; Gounaris, C., and Sissouras, A. A Descriptive Assessment of the Production and Cost Efficiency of General Hospitals in Greece. <em>Health Care Management Science</em>. 1999; 2(2):97-106. Rec #: 1448</p><p>4. Baicker, K.; Chandra, A.; Puig, J., and Ortun, V. The Productivity of Physician Specialization: Evidence from the Medicare Program Cost Efficiency in Primary Care Contracting: <em>A Stochastic Frontier Cost Function Approach</em>. 2004: 357-61. Rec #: 1018</p><p>5. Barros, P. P. Random output and hospital performance. <em>Health Care Manag Sci</em>. 2003 Nov; 6(4):219-27. Rec #: 1133</p><p>6. Beguin, C. Nonparametric frontier model as a tool for exploratory analysis of hospital stays. <em>Methods Inf Med</em>. 2001 Jul; 40(3):241-7. Rec #: 1523</p><p>7. Bhat, V. N. Health systems performance: a statewide analysis. <em>J Health Care Finance</em>. 2003 Summer; 29(4):77-86. Rec #: 1141</p><p>8. Biorn, Erik and et al. The Effect of Activity-Based Financing on Hospital Efficiency: A Panel Data Analysis of DEA Efficiency Scores 1992-2000. <em>Health Care Management Science</em>. 2003; 6(4):271-83. Rec #: 1031</p><p>9. Bjorkgren, M. A.; Fries, B. E.; Hakkinen, U., and Brommels, M. Case-mix adjustment and efficiency measurement. <em>Scand J Public Health</em>. 2004; 32(6):464-71. Rec #: 1063</p><p>10. Bjorkgren, M. A.; Hakkinen, U., and Linna, M. Measuring efficiency of long-term care units in Finland. <em>Health Care Manag Sci</em>. 2001 Sep; 4(3):193-200. Rec #: 1219</p><p>11. Blank, J. L. T. and Eggink, E. The Decomposition of Cost Efficiency: An Empirical Application of the Shadow Cost Function Model to Dutch General Hospitals. <em>Health Care Management Science</em>. 2004; 7(2):79-88. Rec #: 1412</p><p>12. Blank, J. L. T.; Eggink, E., and Merkies, A. H. Q. M. Between Bed and Budget: The Efficiency of Dutch Hospitals. Blank, Jos L. T. With contributions from C. A. Knox Lovell et al. Amsterdam; New York and Oxford: Elsevier Science North-Holland; 2000; pp. 85-119. Rec #: 1057</p><p>13. Bloor, K. and Maynard, A. Workforce productivity and incentive structures in the UK National Health Service. <em>J Health Serv Res Policy</em>. 2001 Apr; 6(2):105-13. Rec #: 1228</p><p>14. Bosmans, N. and Fecher, F. Performance of Belgian hospitals: a frontier approach. <em>Health Econ</em>. 1995 Sep-1995 Oct 31; 4(5):389-97. Rec #: 1362</p><p>15. Brownell, M. D. and Roos, N. P. Variation in length of stay as a measure of efficiency in Manitoba hospitals. <em>CMAJ.</em> 1995 Mar 1; 152(5):675-82. Rec #: 1370</p><p>16. Buck, D. The efficiency of the community dental service in England: a data envelopment analysis. <em>Community Dent Oral Epidemiol</em>. 2000 Aug; 28(4):274-80. Rec #: 1524</p><p>17. Busch, S. H.; Berndt, E. R., and Frank, R. G. Creating Price Indexes for Measuring Productivity in Mental Health Care. Garber, Alan M. Cambridge and London: MIT Press for the National Bureau of Economic Research; 2001; pp. 115-47. Rec #: 1040</p><p>18. Cellini, R.; Pignataro, G., and Rizzo, I. Competition and Efficiency in Health Care: An Analysis of the Italian Case. <em>International Tax and Public Finance</em>. 2000; 7(4-5):503-19. Rec #: 1439</p><p>19. Chandra, A. and Staiger, D. Testing a Roy Model with Productivity Spillovers: Evidence from the Treatment of Heart Attacks. 2004(10811). Rec #: 1409</p><p>20. Chang, H. H. Determinants of hospital efficiency: the case of central government-owned hospitals in Taiwan, Omega. <em>The International Journal of Management Science</em>. 1998; 26(2):307-17. Rec #: 1563</p><p>21. Chattopadhyay, S. and Heffley, D. Are For-Profit Nursing Homes More Efficient? Data Envelopment Analysis with a Case-Mix Constraint. <em>Eastern Economic Journal</em>. 1994; 20(2):171-86. Rec #: 1505</p><p>22. Chattopadhyay, S. and Ray, S. C. Technical, scale, and size efficiency in nursing home care: a nonparametric analysis of Connecticut homes. <em>Health Econ</em>. 1996 Jul-1996 Aug 31; 5(4):363-73. Rec #: 1350</p><p>23. Chu, H. L.; Liu, S. Z., and Romeis, J. C. Does the implementation of responsibility centers, total quality management, and physician fee programs improve hospital efficiency? Evidence from Taiwan hospitals. <em>Med Care</em>. 2002 Dec; 40(12):1223-37. Rec #: 1174</p><p>24. Crivelli, L. ; Filippini, M., and Lunati, D. Regulation, Ownership and Efficiency in the Swiss Nursing Home Industry. <em>International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics</em>. 2002; 2(2):79-97. Rec #: 1405</p><p>25. Dalmau-Matarrodona, E. and Puig-Junoy, J. Market Structure and Hospital Efficiency: Evaluating Potential Effects of Deregulation in a National Health Service. <em>Review of Industrial Organization</em>. 1998; 13(4):447-66. Rec #: 1464</p><p>26. Dismuke, C. and Sena, V. Is there a trade-off between quality and productivity? The case of diagnostic technologies in Portugal. <em>Annals of Operation Research</em>. 2001; 107:101-16. Rec #: 1570</p><p>27. Dismuke, C. E. and Sena, V. Has DRG Payment Influenced the Technical Efficiency and Productivity of Diagnostic Technologies in Portuguese Public Hospitals? An Empirical Analysis Using Parametric and Non- Parametric Methods. <em>Health Care Management Science</em>. 1999; 2(2):107-16. Rec #: 1435</p><p>28. Duck, E.; DeLia, D., and Cantor, J. C. Primary care productivity and the health care safety net in New York City. <em>J Ambul Care Manage</em>. 2001 Jan; 24(1):1-14. Rec #: 1239</p><p>29. Erlandsen, E. and Forsund, F. R. Efficiency in the Provision of Municipal Nursing- and Home-Care Services: The Norwegian Experience. Fox, Kevin J. Studies in Productivity and Efficiency. Boston; Dordrecht and London: Kluwer Academic; 2002; pp. 273-300. Rec #: 1021</p><p>30. Ersoy, K.; Kavuncubasi, S.; Ozcan, Y. A., and Harris, J. M. 2nd. Technical efficiencies of Turkish hospitals: DEA approach. <em>J Med Syst</em>. 1997 Apr; 21(2):67-74. Rec #: 1336</p><p>31. Evans, D. B.; Tandon, A.; Murray, C. J., and Lauer, J. A. Comparative efficiency of national health systems: cross national econometric analysis. <em>BMJ</em>. 2001 Aug 11; 323(7308):307-10. Rec #: 1222</p><p>32. Fare, R.; Grosskopf, S.; Lindgren, B., and Poullier, J. P. Productivity growth in healthcare delivery. <em>Med Care</em>. 1997 Apr; 35(4):354-66. Rec #: 1342</p><p>33. Fare, R.; Grosskopf, S.; Lindgren, B., and Roos, P. Productivity and quality changes in Swedish pharmacies. <em>International Journal of Production Economics</em>. 1995; 39:137-47. Rec #: 1572</p><p>34. ---. Productivity changes in Swedish pharmacies 1980-1989: a non-parametric Malmquist approach. <em>The Journal of Productivity Analysis</em>. 1992; 3:85-101. Rec #: 1571</p><p>35. Fare, R.; Grosskopf, S., and Roos, P. Integrating consumer satisfaction into productivity indexes. Fox, K. J. Efficiency in the Public Sector. Boston: Kluwer; 2002. Rec #: 1573</p><p>36. Farsi, M. and Filippini, M. An Empirical Analysis of Cost Efficiency in Non-profit and Public Nursing Homes. <em>Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics</em>. 2004; 75(3):339-65. Rec #: 1017</p><p>37. Fizel, J. L. and Nunnikhoven, T. S. The Efficiency of Nursing Home Chains. <em>Applied Economics</em>. 1993; 25(1):49-55. Rec #: 1508</p><p>38. ---. Technical Efficiency of For-profit and Non-profit Nursing Homes. <em>Managerial and Decision Economics</em>. 1992; 13(5):429-39. Rec #: 1507</p><p>39. Fried, H. O. ; Lovell, C. A. K.; Schmidt, S. S., and Yaisawarng, S. Accounting for environmental effects and statistical noise in data envelopment analysis. <em>Journal of Productivity Analysis</em>. 2002; 17:157-74. Rec #: 1576</p><p>40. Fried, H. O. ; Schmidt, S. S., and Yaisawarng, S. Incorporating the Operating Environment into a Nonparametric Measure of Technical Efficiency. <em>Journal of Productivity Analysis</em>. 1999; 12(3):249-67. Rec #: 1458</p><p>41. ---. Productive, scale and scope efficiencies in US hospital-based nursing homes. <em>INFOR</em>. 1998; 36(3):103-19. Rec #: 1577</p><p>42. Gerdtham, U. G. and Lothgren, M. Health System Effects on Cost Efficiency in the OECD Countries. <em>Applied Economics</em>. 2001; 33(5):643-47. Rec #: 1441</p><p>43. Gerdtham, U. G.; Lothgren, M.; Tambour, M., and Rehnberg, C. Internal markets and health care efficiency: a multiple-output stochastic frontier analysis. <em>Health Econ</em>. 1999 Mar; 8(2):151-64. Rec #: 1297</p><p>44. Gerdtham, U. G.; Rehnberg, C., and Tambour, M. The Impact of Internal Markets on Health Care Efficiency: Evidence from Health Care Reforms in Sweden. <em>Applied Economics</em>. 1999; 31(8 ):935-45. Rec #: 1459</p><p>45. Giokas, D. I. Greek hospitals: how well their resources are used. <em>The International Journal of Management Science</em>. 2001; 29:73-83. Rec #: 1578</p><p>46. Giuffrida, A. Productivity and Efficiency Changes in Primary Care: A Malmquist Index Approach. <em>Health Care Management Science</em>. 1999; 2 (1):11-26. Rec #: 1436</p><p>47. Giuffrida, A. and Gravelle, H. Measuring performances in primary care: econometric analysis and DEA. <em>Applied Economics</em>. 2001; 33:163-75. Rec #: 1579</p><p>48. Giuffrida, A.; Gravelle, H., and Sutton, M. Efficiency and Administrative Costs in Primary Care. <em>Journal of Health Economics</em>. 2000; 19(6):983-1006. Rec #: 1446</p><p>49. Gonzalez Lopez-Valcarcel, B. and Barber Perez, P. Changes in the Efficiency of Spanish Public Hospitals after the Introduction of Program-Contracts. <em>Investigaciones Economicas</em>. 1996; 20(3):377-402. Rec #: 1479</p><p>50. Gravelle, H.; Jacobs, R.; Jones, A. M., and Street, A. 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Rec #: 1271</p><p>55. Harper, J.; Hauck, K., and Street, A. Analysis of Costs and Efficiency in General Surgery Specialties in the United Kingdom. <em>HEPAC: Health Economics in Prevention and Care</em>. 2001; 2(4):150-57. Rec #: 1002</p><p>56. Heshmati, A. Productivity Measurement in Swedish Departments of Gynecology and Obstetrics. <em>Structural Change and Economic Dynamics</em>. 2002; 13(3):315-36. Rec #: 1052</p><p>57. Hicks, L. L.; Rantz, M. J.; Petroski, G. F., and Mukamel, D. B. Nursing home costs and quality of care outcomes. <em>Nurs Econ</em>. 2004 Jul- 2004 Aug 31; 22(4):178-92, 175. Rec #: 1069</p><p>58. Hofler, R. A. and Rungeling, B. U S Nursing Homes: Are They Cost Efficient? <em>Economics Letters</em>. 1994; 44(3):301-05. Rec #: 1504</p><p>59. Hofmarcher, M. M.; Paterson, I., and Riedel, M. Measuring Hospital Efficiency in Austria&#8212;A DEA Approach. <em>Health Care Management Science</em>. 2002; 5(1):7-14. Rec #: 1417</p><p>60. Hollingsworth, B. 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