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How Efficient Are Military Hospitals? A Comparison Of Technical Efficiency Using Stochastic Frontier Analysis, Linda Gail Kimsey

University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertations

Attainment of greater efficiency in hospital operations has become a goal highly sought after as a result of several factors including skyrocketing costs. The possibility that the different incentives associated with ownership type might affect efficiency has been covered thoroughly in the literature. There are numerous studies comparing for-profit to not-for-profit hospitals or public to private hospitals. Analysis of federal ownership, however, has been less studied. In particular, comparisons involving military hospitals are non-existent, attributed to data availability and an assumption that military hospitals are too different from civilian facilities.

This dissertation employs a cross-sectional Stochastic Frontier Analysis (“SFA”) of …

An Empirical Analysis Of The Utilization Patterns Of Within Facility And Secondary Healthcare Services By Kentucky State Prison Inmates, Sandra Jane Winter

University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertations

The inmate population is increasing, aging and generally in poorer health than the non-incarcerated population. Providing healthcare to inmates is constitutionally mandated, and expensive. Little published research exists to assist corrections health policy makers strategically plan for future inmate healthcare needs. This research provides an extensive description of the healthcare utilization patterns of a sample of 577 male and female inmates incarcerated at state-operated prisons in Kentucky during the period January 1, 2007, to December 31, 2007 and who have at least one of the chronic conditions of diabetes, hypertension or hyperlipidemia. The primary outcome measures were a count of …