Objective Township hospitals (THs) are important components of the three-tier rural
healthcare system of China. However, the efficiency and productivity of THs have been …

Background The astonishing economic achievements of China in the past few decades
have remarkably increased not only the quantity and quality of medical services but also the …

Background: A healthcare system refers to a typical network production system. Network
data envelopment analysis (DEA) show an advantage than traditional DEA in measure the …

Human resources for health (HRH) is a cornerstone in the medical system. This paper
combined data envelopment analysis (DEA) with Tobit regression analysis to evaluate the …

This study seeks to measure the efficiency disparity and productivity change of tertiary
general public hospitals in Wuhan city, central China from the perspective of administrative …

Background The reform of county-level public hospitals is a breakthrough in the new era of
healthcare reform in China and has attracted considerable attention since 2012. Continuous …

China implemented the public hospital reform in 2012. This study utilized bootstrapping data
envelopment analysis (DEA) to evaluate the technical efficiency (TE) and productivity of …

The recent drop in oil prices has challenged public sector financing in Kuwait. Technical and
scale efficiency scores for fifteen public hospitals in Kuwait from 2010 to 2014 were …

Introduction Multidimensional efficiency analysis can provide important insights into the
performance of hospitals. In this paper, we propose a multidimensional model based on …

Background Medical service efficiency is an important indicator for measuring the equity of
medical services. Therefore, this study primarily focuses on investigating the spatiotemporal …