title: The interdependence of productivity, cost, and outcome: studies of service delivery in Finnish university hospitals.
abstract: The relationship and interdependence between cost and productivity plays a significant role in understanding and assessing service delivery in university hospitals. This article shows some of the elements and factors, highlighting the further need for studies such as EuroHOPE and others. A broad and consistent data comparison in the Nordic region and Finland especially is presented, based on common DRG criteria. Expanding the Nordic data comparisons to other European countries is also discussed, with notice of further work to be published.
authors.affiliation: Kuopio University Hospital District, Finland.
authors.forename: Risto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Miettunen
authors.forename: Unto
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Häkkinen
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rättö
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005387:Finland; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome