A Hybrid Approach to Efficiency Measurement with Empirical Illustrations from Education and Health

Wagstaff, Adam; Wang, L. Choon

dc.creator	Wagstaff, Adam
dc.creator	Wang, L. Choon
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:03:50Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:03:50Z
dc.date	2011-08-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:58:18Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:58:18Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110803110203
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3513
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/244477
dc.description	Inefficiency is commonplace, yet exercises aimed at improving provider performance efforts to date to measure inefficiency and use it in benchmarking exercises have not been altogether satisfactory. This paper proposes a new approach that blends the themes of Data Envelopment Analysis and the Stochastic Frontier Approach to measure overall efficiency. The hybrid approach nonparametrically estimates inefficiency by comparing actual performance with comparable real-life "best practice" on the frontier and could be useful in exercises aimed at improving provider performance. Four applications in the education and health sectors are used to illustrate the features and strengths of this hybrid approach.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5751
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ACADEMIC YEARS
dc.subject	ADEQUATE EDUCATION
dc.subject	AGE GROUPS
dc.subject	AGED
dc.subject	AMBULATORY CARE
dc.subject	APPROACHES TO EDUCATION
dc.subject	BEDS
dc.subject	CANCER
dc.subject	CAUSES OF DEATH
dc.subject	CHILD HEALTH
dc.subject	COST PER STUDENT
dc.subject	DEATHS
dc.subject	DIABETES
dc.subject	DISABILITIES
dc.subject	DISABILITY
dc.subject	DISEASE
dc.subject	DISEASES
dc.subject	ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
dc.subject	EDUCATION DATA
dc.subject	EDUCATION EXPENDITURE
dc.subject	EDUCATION SECTOR
dc.subject	EDUCATION SYSTEMS
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
dc.subject	EDUCATORS
dc.subject	ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
dc.subject	ENROLLMENT DATA
dc.subject	EXERCISES
dc.subject	EXPENDITURES
dc.subject	FAMILIES
dc.subject	GRID
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE DELIVERY
dc.subject	HEALTH ECONOMICS
dc.subject	HEALTH INDICATORS
dc.subject	HEALTH SECTOR
dc.subject	HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject	HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
dc.subject	HEALTH SYSTEM
dc.subject	HEALTH SYSTEM PERFORMANCE
dc.subject	HEALTH SYSTEMS
dc.subject	HEART DISEASE
dc.subject	HIGH SCHOOL
dc.subject	HOSPITALS
dc.subject	HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	ILLNESS
dc.subject	INCOME
dc.subject	INJURIES
dc.subject	INPATIENT ADMISSIONS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
dc.subject	INTERVENTION
dc.subject	LEARNERS
dc.subject	LEARNING
dc.subject	LEARNING OUTCOMES
dc.subject	LIFE EXPECTANCY
dc.subject	LITERATURE
dc.subject	MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
dc.subject	MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES
dc.subject	MEDICAL CARE
dc.subject	MORTALITY
dc.subject	NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEMS
dc.subject	NUMBER OF DROPOUTS
dc.subject	OLDER AGE GROUPS
dc.subject	OPEN ACCESS
dc.subject	PAPERS
dc.subject	PATIENT
dc.subject	PATIENTS
dc.subject	PUBLIC SCHOOL
dc.subject	PUBLIC SCHOOLS
dc.subject	QUALITY OF LIFE
dc.subject	QUALITY STANDARDS
dc.subject	READING
dc.subject	READING ACHIEVEMENT
dc.subject	SCHOOL AGE
dc.subject	SCHOOL DISTRICT
dc.subject	SCHOOL FINANCE
dc.subject	SCHOOL LEVEL
dc.subject	SCHOOL LEVELS
dc.subject	SCHOOL PERFORMANCE
dc.subject	SCHOOL SYSTEM
dc.subject	SCHOOL YEAR
dc.subject	SCHOOLING
dc.subject	SCHOOLS
dc.subject	SECONDARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	SECONDARY SCHOOL
dc.subject	SOCIAL SCIENCE
dc.subject	STD
dc.subject	STUDENT ASSESSMENT
dc.subject	STUDENT PERFORMANCE
dc.subject	STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
dc.subject	SURGERY
dc.subject	TEACHING
dc.subject	TEXTBOOK
dc.subject	TREATMENT
dc.title	A Hybrid Approach to Efficiency Measurement with Empirical Illustrations from Education and Health
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage	The World Region
dc.coverage	The World Region