Hospitals Productivity Measurement Using Data Envelopment Analysis Technique

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Abstract:
Background
This study aimed to measure the hospital productivity using data envelopment analysis (DEA) technique and Malmquist indices.
Methods
This is a cross sectional study in which the panel data were used in a 4 year period from 2007 to 2010. The research was implemented in 12 teaching and non-teaching hospitals of Ahvaz County. Data envelopment analysis technique and the Malmquist indices with an input-orientation approach, was used to analyze the data and estimation of productivity. Data were analyzed using the SPSS.18 and DEAP.2 software.
Results
Six hospitals (50%) had a value lower than 1, which represents an increase in total productivity and other hospitals were non-productive. the average of total productivity factor (TPF) was 1.024 for all hospitals, which represents a decrease in efficiency by 2.4% from 2007 to 2010. The average technical, technologic, scale and managerial efficiency change was 0.989, 1.008, 1.028, and 0.996 respectively. There was not a significant difference in mean productivity changes among teaching and non-teaching hospitals (P>0.05) (except in 2009 years).
Conclusion
Productivity rate of hospitals had an increasing trend generally. However, the total average of productivity was decreased in hospitals. Besides, between the several components of total productivity, variation of technological efficiency had the highest impact on reduce of total average of productivity.
Language:
English
Published:
Iranian Journal of Public Health, Volume:43 Issue: 11, Nov 2014
Pages:
1576 to 1581
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سامانه نویسندگان
  • Mohammad Arab
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    Professor Department of Health Management & Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University Of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
    Arab، Mohammad
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