BYRNES, Patricia <br/><br/>
Performance measurement and financial incentives for community behavioral health services provision 

 - New York :  Marcel Dekker,  1997 
<br/><br/> This article analyzes the uses of performance measures in contracting for behavioral health services. A flexible performance measurement methodology, called Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA),is used to measure cost efficiency and cost effectiveness. The use of measures in controlling costs, allocating program funds and administrating performance-based contracting is demonstated.