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Paul Rouse1, Julie Harrison, Nikki Turner

  • 1Department of Accounting and Finance, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. p.rouse@auckland.ac.nz

Journal of Medical Systems
|August 13, 2010
PubMed
Summary
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Activity-based costing (ABC) and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) can be combined to enhance performance analysis in primary care. This approach reveals key cost and performance drivers for immunisation activities, offering practical insights for improvement.

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Area of Science:

  • Healthcare Management
  • Operations Research
  • Health Economics

Background:

  • Activity-based costing (ABC) and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) offer complementary perspectives on resource utilization.
  • While DEA uses aggregated data, ABC focuses on disaggregated cost information.
  • Integrating these methods can improve the analysis of healthcare service delivery.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To demonstrate the combined application of ABC and DEA for performance analysis and benchmarking in primary care.
  • To identify significant cost and performance drivers for immunisation activities in general practices.
  • To reveal hidden trends in disaggregated cost data through efficiency scores.

Main Methods:

  • A case study involving 24 New Zealand primary care practices.
  • Application of Activity-based costing (ABC) for detailed cost analysis.
  • Utilisation of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) for performance and efficiency measurement.
  • Comparative analysis of conventional statistical methods versus DEA-informed analysis of ABC data.

Main Results:

  • Practice size, socio-economic factors, service delivery processes, and administrative tasks were identified as major drivers of cost and performance in immunisation activities.
  • Initial analysis of ABC data using conventional methods yielded no significant patterns.
  • Reorganizing ABC data with DEA efficiency scores revealed meaningful trends and actionable insights for practitioners.

Conclusions:

  • The synergistic use of ABC and DEA provides a more robust framework for performance analysis in healthcare settings.
  • DEA can uncover significant patterns in disaggregated cost data that traditional methods might miss.
  • This integrated approach offers valuable insights for optimizing resource allocation and improving efficiency in primary care immunisation programs.