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 …

Objective Competent managers are vital to the productivity and service quality of healthcare
organizations and the sustainability of the healthcare system. To improve their management …

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 foremost broadly utilized strategy for the valuation of the overall performance of a set of
identical decision-making units (DMUs) that use analogous sources to yield related outputs …

Background While health needs and expenditure in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
(OPT) are growing, the international donations are declining and the economic situation is …

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 …

In this study we analyze the performance of 602 level 1 Colombian hospitals for the period
2009–2013. The analysis is carried out from both static and temporal perspectives in order …

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

Outsourcing is used as a strategy to improve efficiency, quality, and satisfaction of
beneficiaries in hospitals. This study aimed to determine the reasons for outsourcing …

Background: Iranian public hospitals have been excessively changing during the healthcare
reform since 2014. This study aimed to examine the technical efficiency of public hospitals …