The healthcare sector in general and hospitals in particular represent a main application
area for Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). This paper reviews 262 papers of DEA …

Since the implementation of health care reforms, much has been documented regarding the
practices and behavior of hospitals or health profession in China. While these …

In recent years there has been an exponential growth in the number of publications related
to theory and applications of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Charnes, Cooper, and …

The second edition of this book, as in the first edition, places emphasis on the application of
contemporary performance and efficiency evaluation methods, using data envelopment …

We investigated the effects of privatization on hospital efficiency in Germany. To do so, we
obtained bootstrapped data envelopment analysis (DEA) efficiency scores in the first stage …

The objective of our study was to evaluate the efficiency of public, private for-profit, and
private non-profit hospitals in Germany. First, bootstrapped data envelopment analysis …

The Taiwan Quality Indicator Project (TQIP) is a quality management program that measures
and monitors the healthcare quality of hospitals in Taiwan. This paper examines the impact …

Improving productivity within health systems using limited resources is a matter of great
concern. The objectives of the paper were to evaluate the productivity, efficiency, and impact …

Background The objective of this study was to assess public hospital efficiency, including
quality outputs, inefficiency determinants, and changes to efficiency over time, in an Italian …

Parametric and non-parametric frontier applications are typical for measuring the efficiency
and productivity of many healthcare units. Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, hospital …