Approach in inputs & outputs selection of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) efficiency measurement in hospitals: A systematic review

MZ Zubir, AA Noor, AM Mohd Rizal, AA Harith, MI Abas… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
The efficiency and productivity evaluation process commonly employs Data Envelopment
Analysis (DEA) as a performance tool in numerous fields, such as the healthcare industry …

Patient and health provider costs of integrated HIV, diabetes and hypertension ambulatory health services in low-income settings—an empirical socio-economic …

T Shiri, J Birungi, AV Garrib, SL Kivuyo, I Namakoola… - BMC medicine, 2021 - Springer
Background Integration of health services might be an efficient strategy for managing
multiple chronic conditions in sub-Saharan Africa, considering the scope of treatments and …

Efficiency evaluation of public hospitals in Saudi Arabia: an application of data envelopment analysis

AD Alatawi, LW Niessen, JAM Khan - BMJ open, 2020 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective In this study, we assess the performance of public hospitals in Saudi Arabia. We
detect the sources of inefficiency and estimate the optimal levels of the resources that …

Public hospitals performance measurement through a three-staged data envelopment analysis approach: evidence from an emerging economy

SHR Hajiagha, H Amoozad Mahdiraji… - Cybernetics and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This study proposes a three-staged approach to data envelopment analysis (DEA) modeling
for hospital efficiency. The approach aims to overcome the constraint on the number of …

Factors influencing the efficiency of public hospitals in Saudi Arabia: a qualitative study exploring stakeholders' perspectives and suggestions for improvement

AD Alatawi, LW Niessen, M Bhardwaj… - Frontiers in public …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Objective Despite an extensive literature on efficiency, qualitative evidence on the drivers of
hospital efficiency is scant. This study examined the factors that influence the efficiencies of …

Determinants of technical efficiency in public hospitals: the case of Saudi Arabia

AD Alatawi, LW Niessen, JAM Khan - Health Economics Review, 2020 - Springer
Objective In this study, we investigate the effect of the external environmental and
institutional factors on the efficiency and the performance of the public hospitals affiliated to …

Efficiency and Resource Allocation in Government Hospitals in Saudi Arabi: A Casemix Index Approach

A Alshehri, B Balkhi, G Gleeson, E Atassi - Healthcare, 2023 - mdpi.com
In Saudi Arabia, the evaluation of healthcare institutions' performance and efficiency is
gaining prominence to ensure effective resource utilization. This study aims to assess the …

Quantifying heterogeneity, heteroscedasticity and publication bias effects on technical efficiency estimates of rice farming: A meta‐regression analysis

P Trong Ho, M Burton, C Ma… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In recent decades, numerous studies have focused on technical efficiency in rice farming,
finding considerable variation in mean technical efficiency (MTE) estimates. We conducted a …

Measuring the efficiency of public hospitals in Kuwait: a two-stage data envelopment analysis and a qualitative survey study

A Alsabah, H Haghparast-Bidgoli… - Alsabah, A., Haghparast …, 2020 - papers.ssrn.com
The recent drop in oil prices has challenged public sector financing in Kuwait. Technical and
scale efficiency scores for fifteen public hospitals in Kuwait from 2010 to 2014 were …

Dynamic analysis of healthcare providers' cost efficiency

A Andrews, G Emvalomatis - Applied Economics, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study uses quarterly longitudinal data to examine the cost efficiency of 20 New Zealand
District Health Boards between 2011 and 2018. A random-effects dynamic stochastic frontier …