Abstract
Aim of this paper is to propose a methodology to assess the efficiency of a health unit in the delivery of hospitalization services. This task is accomplished integrating the hospital bed management indicators that provides an overall description of the use of beds by health structures with indicators of the complexity of the cases treated by the structure as well as its performance. This analysis has been applied in a case study based on the Italian healthcare services to compare the efficiency of the 21 Italian Local Authorities in the provision of hospitalization care services.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 2015 E-Health and Bioengineering Conference, EHB 2015 |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781467375450 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jan 25 2016 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 5th IEEE International Conference on E-Health and Bioengineering, EHB 2015 - Iasi Duration: Nov 19 2015 → Nov 21 2015 |
Other
Other | 5th IEEE International Conference on E-Health and Bioengineering, EHB 2015 |
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City | Iasi |
Period | 11/19/15 → 11/21/15 |
Keywords
- bed management
- case-mix index
- efficiency indicators
- performance index
- quality of services
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biomedical Engineering
- Computer Networks and Communications
- Health(social science)
- Computer Science Applications
- Health Informatics