ArticleJournal of healthcare engineering2017
Evaluating the Relationship between Productivity and Quality in Emergency Departments.
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- Identifying and prioritizing inefficiency causes in Iran's health system.Cost effectiveness and resource allocation : C/E · 2024Article
- Diabetes Belt has lower efficiency in providing diabetes preventive care than surrounding counties.Health services & outcomes research methodology · 2024Article
- The Core of Healthcare Efficiency: A Comprehensive Bibliometric Review on Frontier Analysis of Hospitals.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Work climate in emergency health services during COVID-19 pandemic-An international multicenter study.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Fair Play: Application of Normalized Scoring to Emergency Department Throughput Quality Measures in a National Registry.Annals of emergency medicine · 2021Article
- Surgical Residents' Proficiency and Turnover May Affect the Overall Efficiency in an Emergency Department.World journal of surgery · 2019Article
- July Phenomenon Impacts Efficiency of Emergency Care.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn the United States, emergency departments (EDs) are constantly pressured to improve operational efficiency and quality in order to gain financial benefits and maintain a positive reputation.
objectivesThe first objective is to evaluate how efficiently EDs transform their input resources into quality outputs. The second objective is to investigate the relationship between the efficiency and quality performance of EDs and the factors affecting this relationship.
methodsUsing two data sources, we develop a data envelopment analysis (DEA) model to evaluate the relative efficiency of EDs. Based on the DEA result, we performed multinomial logistic regression to investigate the relationship between ED efficiency and quality performance.
resultsThe DEA results indicated that the main source of inefficiencies was working hours of technicians. The multinomial logistic regression result indicated that the number of electrocardiograms and X-ray procedures conducted in the ED and the length of stay were significantly associated with the trade-offs between relative efficiency and quality. Structural ED characteristics did not influence the relationship between efficiency and quality.
conclusionsDepending on the structural and operational characteristics of EDs, different factors can affect the relationship between efficiency and quality.
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