Performance Measurement Outcomes: An Analysis of Health Care-Associated Infections in New York State.

Background And Objectives: Comparing outcome measures in health care is a relatively common practice. Reports are designed to compare hospital infection rates in an accurate and fair manner. The current methodology used by New York State (NYS) has some limitations and flaws.

An efficiency-based multicriteria strategic planning model for ambulatory surgery centers.

Ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) provide a low-cost alternative to traditional inpatient care. In addition, with health care reform imminent, it is likely that many currently uninsured people will soon acquire health care coverage, significantly increasing the demand for health services. ASCs are among the providers that can expect to see a substantial amount of this new pent-up demand and, therefore, ASCs are likely to continue their current growth into the foreseeable future.