ArticleCost effectiveness and resource allocation : C/E2022
Hospital efficiency measurement in the west of Iran: data envelopment analysis and econometric approach.
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Abstract
objectiveMeasuring hospital efficiency is one of the way how to use resources.The optimal hospital performance is the goals of healthcare policymakers. This study aimed to the current study was conducted to evaluate the efficiency the current study was conducted to evaluate the efficiency and assess the association between hospital size and hospital area population with technical efficiency in public hospitals.
methodsIn this descriptive-analytical study, the statistical population consisted of 15 public hospitals in the west of Iran. First, the data envelopment analysis (DEA) method was used to evaluate technical efficiency. inputs included staff and beds, and outputs consisted of the number of surgeries, the number of patients, and the average length of stay. Then, according to the public ownership of all hospitals, their educational and therapeutic activities, as well as their size and population were considered as the environmental factor affecting efficiency. Thus, regression was applied to measure their effects on efficiency.
resultsThe average technical efficiency of the studied hospitals, the average management efficiency, and the average efficiency of the scale were 0.935, 0.961, and 0.987, respectively. Out of the total evaluated hospitals, six and nine hospitals had an efficiency of less than one and one, respectively. Moreover, the size of the hospital and the population as the environment variable were significant in the Tobit model. Our regression demonstrated that although the size of the hospital is positively associated with its technical efficiency, the hospital population negatively affects hospital efficiency.
conclusionAccording to the size and area population of the hospitals, they decrease their inputs to maximize their efficacy by optimizing their surplus amounts. Tobit regression analysis concludes that hospital size and population covered by the hospital significant effect on hospitals' efficiency.
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