IRMA-International.org: Creator of Knowledge
Information Resources Management Association
Advancing the Concepts & Practices of Information Resources Management in Modern Organizations

Measurement of Cost and Economic Efficiency in Healthcare

Measurement of Cost and Economic Efficiency in Healthcare
View Sample PDF
Author(s): Panagiotis Danilakis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece)and Pericles Robolas (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece)
Copyright: 2006
Pages: 6
Source title: Handbook of Research on Informatics in Healthcare and Biomedicine
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Athina A. Lazakidou (University of Peloponnese, Greece)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-982-3.ch053

Purchase

View Measurement of Cost and Economic Efficiency in Healthcare on the publisher's website for pricing and purchasing information.

Abstract

The developments in new sectors, as in medical physics and biomedical technology, contributed a lot to the progress and especially to the medical practice. However, these developments created a complicated and costly environment in which health services have to take place. This chapter reports on the sensitive sector of finances of health and particularly the ways of cost assessment. Furthermore, it presents the significance of efficiency and effectiveness of technology that is used in the area of health.

Related Content

Saloua Mabsor-Zgandaoui, Khawla Rachmoune, Ilham Aftais, Fatima Ezzahra Elamrani, Imade Amradi, Adil El Housseini, Youssef Ait Hamdan, Youness Zgandaoui, Abdelghani Iddar, Mohammed El Mzibri, Adnane Moutaouakkil, Aboubaker El Hessni, Abdelhalim Mesfioui. © 2026. 30 pages.
Yusuf Olatunji Waidi. © 2026. 20 pages.
Ajinkya Nene, Sorour Sadeghzade, Wenjie Yang, Prakash Somani. © 2026. 12 pages.
Seyyed Mohammad Amin Mousavi-Sagharchi, Mahdieh Ranjbar-Jamalabadi, Sama Yavari, Elina Afrazeh, Naresh Poondla, Mohsen Sheykhhasan. © 2026. 32 pages.
Wenqiang Xie, Yuan Su, Ruiqi Zhang, Sijia Li, Jia Ni, Longquan Shao. © 2026. 18 pages.
Zhengao Wang, Huiyu Zhao, Yao Han, Wuyi Zhou, Chengyun Ning. © 2026. 30 pages.
Navya Aggarwal, Shinjini Sen, Tanmay J. Urs, Shreya Gupta, Banashree Bondhopadhyay. © 2026. 36 pages.
Body Bottom