1. Editorial: Cost and Efficiency within Health Care Systems

   • M. Tavakoli
   • H.T.O. Davies

   Editorial Introduction Pages: 5 - 6

2. Performance of U.S. Teaching Hospitals: A Panel Analysis of Cost Inefficiency

   • Michael D. Rosko

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 16

3. Inpatient–Outpatient Cost Shifting in Washington Hospitals

   • Daniel L. Friesner
   • Robert Rosenman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 17 - 26

4. Addressing Bed Costs for the Elderly: A New Methodology for Modelling Patient Outcomes and Length of Stay

   • Adele H. Marshall
   • Sally I. McClean
   • Peter H. Millard

   OriginalPaper Pages: 27 - 33

5. The 'NICE' Approach to Technology Assessment: An Economics Perspective

   • Stephen Birch
   • Amiram Gafni

   OriginalPaper Pages: 35 - 41

6. Use of Quality Adjusted Life Years and Life Years Gained as Benchmarks in Economic Evaluations: A Critical Appraisal

   • Christopher Evans
   • Manouche Tavakoli
   • Bruce Crawford

   OriginalPaper Pages: 43 - 49

7. Measuring Case-Mix Complexity of Tertiary Care Hospitals Using DRGs

   • Hayoung Park
   • Youngsoo Shin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 51 - 61

8. Determining Location and Size of Medical Departments in a Hospital Network: A Multiobjective Decision Support Approach

   • Christian Stummer
   • Karl Doerner
   • Kurt Heidenberger

   OriginalPaper Pages: 63 - 71