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Sent: 04 June 2009 16:57
To: Oliver,AJ
Subject: Measuring Efficiency Workshop - please advertise

Dear Adam Oliver

On behalf of Dr Rowena Jacobs and Professors Peter C Smith and Andrew
Street, please could you send the following advert to two email lists:
the
EHPG list and the AAHPN list. Many thanks. The advert follows:

*** Apologies for cross-posting ***

Workshop: An Introduction to Measuring Efficiency in Public Sector
Organisations: Analytical techniques and policy

Workshop to be held at the Centre for Health Economics, University of
York,
UK 

12th to 14th October 2009; optional extra sessions: 14th to 15th
October.

Workshop Presenters: Rowena Jacobs, Mauro Laudicella, Peter C. Smith and
Andrew Street. 

This intensive workshop will provide an introduction to the use of
techniques for measuring the relative efficiency of public sector
organisations. The two measurement tools concentrated on will be
Stochastic
Frontier Analysis (SFA), which is a form of econometric model, and Data
Envelopment Analysis (DEA), which is a form of linear optimisation. 

Areas to be covered include: 
.	the context and purpose of productivity and efficiency
measurement; 
.	the economic theories underpinning efficiency measurement
techniques
;
.	how to conduct analysis; 
.	the similarities and differences between techniques and 
.	the interpretation and application of results to support policy
objectives. 

The workshop will introduce participants to computer software (including
Limdep, Stata, DEAP, and Frontier Analyst) with which they will be able
to
apply the techniques to data during practical sessions. Throughout the
workshop there will be a strong focus on the policy interest in these
techniques. 

The presenters have worked extensively in this area and will guide
participants through the potential pitfalls of measuring efficiency
using
case studies and practical examples. 
 
Full details, including the Registration Form are at:
http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/che/training/measurecourse.htm 

Each year there are improvements to this workshop, and for the first
time we
are offering optional additional sessions on how to analyse data about
the
individuals served by organisations, such as patients in hospitals or
children in schools. 

If you wish to attend this workshop, you are encouraged to consider
registering early as places are limited, and workshops offered by the
Centre
for Health Economics are often oversubscribed.

If you know of others who might be interested in registering for this
workshop, please could you forward this email to them.

For enquiries about this workshop, please contact: Gillian Robinson,
Measuring Efficiency Workshop Administrator, at: [log in to unmask]; tel:
+44
(0)1904 321436.

Much appreciated,
Gillian.

Gillian Robinson,
Workshop Administrator: Intro to Measuring Efficiency, Centre for Health
Economics, Alcuin A Block, University of York, York, UK, YO10 5DD.
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 321436;
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 321454.
Workshop: http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/che/training/measurecourse.htm


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