Health Policy and Management Seminar Series: James Burgess (BU), Dec 20
Title: Efficiency in Health Care: Does Anyone REALLY Know What It Is?
Speaker: James Burgess, Ph.D. – BU School of Public Health
Date: December 20, 2011
Time: 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Place: School of Management, 595 Commonwealth Ave, Room 211
The Boston University Health Policy Institute is pleased to announce the third seminar in its 2011 – 2012 Health Policy and Management Seminar Series.
Professor James Burgess will present “Efficiency in Health Care: Does Anyone REALLY Know What It Is?” on Tuesday, December 20, 2011, 4:00 – 5:30 pm, in SMG Room 211.
Professor Burgess will challenge common perceptions and definitions of efficiency in health care, document numerous circular or flawed definitions that are commonly employed, and present opportunities for directions for improving or developing new ways of defining efficiency in health care. Establishing more shared understanding of this important concept is crucial for making progress in better outcomes for patients with better allocations of scarce resources.
Dr. Burgess is a Professor of Health Policy & Management at Boston University School of Public Health and a Senior Investigator at the Center for Organization, Leadership & Management Research, VA Boston Healthcare System. His research specialties include: health economics; health quality and outcomes; value-based purchasing; productivity and inefficiency; cost-effectiveness analysis and decision analysis; industrial organization; mixed method modeling; and cost and quality risk adjustment.