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 …

The measurement of efficiency and productivity of health service delivery has become a
small industry. This is a review of 317 published papers on frontier efficiency measurement …

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 …

Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are widely spread long-term arrangements between
governments and strategic private partner (s). One of their objectives is to reduce the …

Because of China's rapid economic development, its transportation system has become one
of China's high-energy-consumption and high-pollution-emission sectors. However, little …

Abstract Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) has been used as a performance measurement
tool in efficiency assessment of healthcare systems. However, over the years, researchers …

Investigating the impact of quality and access to healthcare services on technical efficiency
is a hot topic in health economics and healthcare systems management. No satisfactory …

Objective This paper empirically analyzes the effects of efficiency and structural quality on
patient satisfaction in Turkish public hospitals. It also investigates the controversial …

This study proposes a problem-oriented methodology, using the algebraic operations
proposed in the Quality Function Deployment's house-of-quality, to prioritise the integration …

Drawing on an eclectic array of research and evaluative studies culled from a mix of
sources, this volume analyzes Brazilian hospital performance along several policy …