Assessing the Efficiency of Hospitals in Semnan Province Using Data Envelopment Analysis with Input Nature

Authors

  • Seyed Mohammad Ali Khatami Firouzabadi1* 2- Dept. of Industrial Management, College of Management and Administrative Sciences, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran.
  • Mohsen Shafiei Nikabadi2 1- Dept. of Industrial Management, College of Management and Accounting, Allameh Tabatabaee University, Tehran, Iran.
  • Hassan Tebyanian3 3- Dept.of Industrial Management, College of Management and Administrative Sciences, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran.
  • Naghi Shoja4 4- Dept. of Mathematics, Roudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen, Iran.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22100/jkh.v12i4.1853

Keywords:

Assessment, Technical efficiency, Scale efficiency, Managerial efficiency, Hospitals, Data envelopment analysis.

Abstract

Introduction: Hospitals as the centers that consume the most resource of health system, based on their function have difference performance and efficiency. The purpose of this study was to assess the efficiency of hospitals in Semnan province using data envelopment analysis with input nature.

Methods: This research is an applied one in terms of purpose and a survey and descriptive one in terms of nature. The data envelopment analysis technique, the cover form, and the input nature with the assumption of variable returns versus the scale, was used. relative efficiency of 13 hospitals in Semnan province were analyzed between 1394and 1395. The necessary information was extracted from scientific documents, and the data related to input and output indices were collected from vice chancellor for Administration and TUMS. The collected data were then analyzed by GAMS.

Results: The averages efficiency of hospitals, during the years 1393-1395, were 0.81, 0.82, and 0.76, respectively. 0.38 percent of hospitals had constant return to scale, 0.38 percent had decreasing return to scale and 0.23 percent of them had increasing return to scale. Therefore, 0.76 percent of hospitals did not have the capacity to develop beyond the status quo.

Conclusion: Most hospitals are not efficient. The performance of inefficient hospitals can be improved following the patterns used by reference hospitals and also by better financial and human resources management. This research introduces a functional pattern to senior managers of the health sector, enabling them to have more accurate planning for capacity development and resource saving.

References

Marr B, Schiuma G. Business performance measurement–post, present and future. Management decision. University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy 2003. doi: 10.1108/00251740310496198

Masiye F. Investigating health system performance: An application of data envelopment analysis to Zambian hospitals. BMC Health Serv Res 2007;7:58. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-7-58

Kwakye E. Relative efficiency of some selected hospitals in the Accra-term Metropolis [dissertation]. Ghana: University of Ghana;2003.

Peacock S, Chan C, Mangolini M, Johansen D. Techniques for measuring efficiency in health services. Commonwealth of Australia;2001.

Abdollahyan H, Shariati Sh, Shooshtarizadeh E. Measuring the functionality of rural management impact in Iran based on the analysis of factors. Journal of Modares Human Sciences 2006;10:227-67.

Ghaderi H, Goudarzi, Gh, Gohari MR. Determination technical efficiency of hospitals affiliated with Iran university of medical science by data envelopment analysis (2000‐2004). Journal of Health Administration 2007;9:39‐44.[Persian].

Kontodimopoulos N, Nanos P, Niakas D. Balancing efficiency of health services and equity of access in remote areas in Greece. Health Policy 2006;76:49‐57. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2005.04.006

Andersen P, Petersen NC. A procedure for ranking efficient units in data envelopment analysis. Manage Sci 1993;39:1261-4. doi: 10.1287/mnsc.39.10.1261

Banker R, Charnes A, Cooper WW. Some methods for estimating technical and scale inefficiencies in data envelopment analysis. Management Science 1984;30:1078-92. doi: 10.1287/mnsc.30.9.1078

Charnes A, Cooper WW. Programming with linear fractional functional. Naval Research Logistics Quarterly 1962;9:181-6. doi: 10.1002/nav.3800090303

Published

2018-07-07

Issue

Section

Original Article(s)

How to Cite

Assessing the Efficiency of Hospitals in Semnan Province Using Data Envelopment Analysis with Input Nature. (2018). Knowledge and Health in Basic Medical Sciences, 12(4), Page:76-83. https://doi.org/10.22100/jkh.v12i4.1853

Most read articles by the same author(s)

<< < 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 > >>