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: The provision of health-care services is dependent on the effective and efficient
functioning of various components of a health-care system. It is therefore important to …

Aim This study aimed to measure the healthcare system efficiency of 36 African countries
and to compare efficiency levels between countries. Method Data envelopment analysis …

Background Hospitals represent a significant proportion of health expenditures in Uganda,
accounting for about 26% of total health expenditure. Improving the technical efficiency of …

Background Forty-nine million people or 83 per cent of the entire population of 59 million
rely on the public healthcare system in South Africa. Coupled with a shortage of medical …

Purpose This study used Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to measure and evaluate the
operational efficiency of 26 isolation hospitals in Egypt during the COVID-19 pandemic, as …

Background In order to measure and analyse the technical efficiency of district hospitals in
Ghana, the specific objectives of this study were to (a) estimate the relative technical and …

The scale of impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on society and the economy globally
provides a strong incentive to thoroughly analyze the efficiency of healthcare systems in …

Background Eritrean gross national income of Int
610percapitaislowerthantheaverageforAfrica(Int 1620) and considerably lower than the …