A method and
computer program product is provided that, in various embodiments, may provide a measure of efficiency of resources used in
medical treatment plan options. A normalized Relative Resource Value (RRV) may be obtained that measures the level of resources required to satisfy a “normal” case for a particular aspect of
medical care. Applying this value against actual costs allows
ranking and / or comparison of health care providers relative to one another on the basis of the price or resources applied or utilized. Moreover, applying the RRV against the quality of outcome allows comparison and
ranking of providers on overall value. The invention may be applied to the components of
medical care comprising, inter alia, acute inpatient, non-acute inpatient, outpatient, professional office-based care including scheduled outpatient, and
pharmacy / prescriptions. The normalized RRV obtained under various embodiments of the invention may measure
resource use for
medical treatment plan options / resources independent of price. The RRV may be relative across, as well as within, each of the components of
medical care. Thus, provider profiling generally as well as profiling across
treatment plan options based on efficiency generally is within the scope of various embodiments of the invention. Moreover, providers may be compared based on efficiency for specific conditions, as well as across conditions, across
treatment plan options and across components of care using various embodiments of the invention.