title: Management and economic perspectives on efficiency.
abstract: Efficiency has different connotations and denotations in management, organizational behavior, and economics. This article explores different economic and organizational orientations that have given rise to alternative definitions with the hope that better understanding of these perspectives will improve terminology and theory building.
authors.affiliation: Division of Health Management and Policy, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hilsenrath
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Levey
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: O'Neill
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000191:economics*; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D018803:Models, Economic; D010557:Personnel Administration, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000191:economics*; D012946:Social Welfare / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States