TY - JOUR
T1 - Relative Technical Efficiency Assessment of Mental Health Services
T2 - A Systematic Review
AU - García-Alonso, Carlos R.
AU - Almeda, Nerea
AU - Salinas-Pérez, José Alberto
AU - Gutiérrez-Colosía, Mencía R.
AU - Salvador-Carulla, Luis
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding This study was funded by the Carlos III Health Institute (Ministry of Health of Spain) (Project PI15/01986) and co-funded by FEDER funds.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2019/7/15
Y1 - 2019/7/15
N2 - The current prevalence of mental disorders demands improved ways of the management and planning of mental health (MH) services. Relative technical efficiency (RTE) is an appropriate and robust indicator to support decision-making in health care, but it has not been applied significantly in MH. This article systematically reviews the empirical background of RTE in MH services following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Finally, 13 studies were included, and the findings provide new standard classifications of RTE variables, efficiency determinants and strategies to improve MH management and planning.
AB - The current prevalence of mental disorders demands improved ways of the management and planning of mental health (MH) services. Relative technical efficiency (RTE) is an appropriate and robust indicator to support decision-making in health care, but it has not been applied significantly in MH. This article systematically reviews the empirical background of RTE in MH services following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Finally, 13 studies were included, and the findings provide new standard classifications of RTE variables, efficiency determinants and strategies to improve MH management and planning.
KW - DEA
KW - Mental health care
KW - Mental health service
KW - Relative technical efficiency
KW - Systematic review
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85059839628&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10488-019-00921-6
DO - 10.1007/s10488-019-00921-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 30627978
AN - SCOPUS:85059839628
SN - 1522-3434
VL - 46
SP - 429
EP - 444
JO - Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
JF - Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
IS - 4
ER -
