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 …

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 …

Background In recent years, there has been growing interest in measuring the efficiency of
hospitals in Iran and several studies have been conducted on the topic. The main objective …

Background Evaluating hospital efficiency is a process to optimize resource utilization and
allocation. This is vital due to hospitals being the largest financial cost in a health system. To …

Background The assessment of hospital efficiency is attracting interest worldwide,
particularly in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. The objective of this study was to …

Background Limited healthcare resources in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) have
led policy-makers to improve healthcare efficiency. Therefore, it is essential to understand …

Purpose As hospitals are the most costly service providers in every healthcare systems,
special attention should be given to their performance in terms of resource allocation and …

Background Restrictions on resource accessibility and its optimal application is the main
challenge in organizations nowadays. The aim of this research was to study the technical …

Background and Objectives: The purpose of this paper is to suggest a novel method to
measure the productivity changes of hospitals over time in the presence of linguistic …

Background: Nowadays, restriction on access and optimum use of resources is the main
challenge of development in all organizations. Therefore, the aim of this study was to …