Relative Efficiency of Radiation Treatment Centers: An Application of Data Envelopment Analysis.

Tiffany Bayley, Mehmet A Begen, Felipe F Rodrigues, David Barrett

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Tiffany BayleyIvey Business School, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6G 0N1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-6572-3259

Mehmet A BegenIvey Business School, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6G 0N1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7573-0882

Felipe F RodriguesSchool of Management, Economics, and Mathematics, King's University College, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 2M3, Canada.

David BarrettIvey Business School, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6G 0N1, Canada.

Funding

Cancer Care Ontario n/a

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study determines the relative efficiencies of a number of cancer treatment centers in Ontario, taking into account the differences among them so that their performances can be compared against the provincial targets. These differences can be in physical and financial resources, and patient demographics. An analytical framework is developed based on a three-step data envelopment analysis (DEA) model to build efficiency metrics for planning, delivery, and quality of treatment at each center. Regression analysis is used to explain the efficiency metrics and demonstrates how these findings can inform continuous improvement efforts.

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cancer carecontinuous improvementdata envelopment analysisradiation treatmentrelative efficiency

Identifiers

PMID35742084

DOI10.3390/healthcare10061033

PMCPMC9222301

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