A Resource Allocation and Evaluation Model for Providing Services to the Mentally Retarded
提出一个线性规划模型，帮助管理者在智力障碍者服务系统中进行资源分配和项目评估，已在明尼苏达州测试，可应用于其他地区。
Legal decisions in the mental health field, and the process of deinstitutionalization have brought about an increasingly complex system of service delivery for the mentally retarded. We present a linear programming model to assist in managing such delivery systems. The usefulness and applicability of the model has been tested in Minnesota. We discuss how the procedure can be applied elsewhere. The model uses available measures of program efficiency and effectiveness, and transforms them into a form meaningful to the administrator who must make budgeting decisions and evaluate programs. In addition, with the help of this model, the administrator can incorporate important equity considerations into the management process.