Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Resource Economic Department, Kharazmi University, Tehran - Iran
2 Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics, Sistan and Baluchestan University
Abstract
Evaluation of Efficiency and Productivity of Hospitals in Iran
Emphasizing the Indicators of Welfare and Social Development
Mohannad Hoseyn Karim[1] , Seyed Mahdi Hoseyni[2]
Ali Sardar Shahraki[3]
Receive: 5/8/2018 Accept: 25/2/2019
Abstract
Considering the importance of the hospital industry, this study evaluated the efficiency and productivity of hospitals in 12 provinces nationwide using the universal data analysis model based on the method of manufacturing factor minimization (VRS) and Malmquist index during the period of 2006-2016. The results of this study indicated that the efficiency of all hospitals during the studied period has been upward, as well as the Northern provinces are more effective than southern provinces. Also, in the years under study, the least technical efficiency was related to Sistan and BaluchestanHospital unit. On the other hand, the results of the Malmquist index show that in the period under review, the total productivity change index for the 12 provinces is 1.034, and for the whole of the studied provinces, changes in scale efficiency, managerial efficiency changes, and productivity efficiency changes technically dropped. But further increases in technological
efficiency changes have led to an increase in the total productivity changes of the production factors. According to the results of the study, it is suggested that, in order to increase the efficiency and productivity in hospitals, measures such as improving the quality of services, increasing the attractiveness of financial resources, continuous evaluation of performance, the assignment of services to the non-governmental sector, the optimal use of human force, increasing managerial authority in hospitals, and optimal allocation of beds on the agenda.
Keywords: Efficiency, Productivity, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), Malmquist, Iranian Hospitals
[1]. Associate Professor of Economic Sciences, KharazmiUniversity, Tehran, Iran.
karimsistani482@gmail.com
[2]. Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of Sistan and Baluchestan,
Zahedan, Iran. shseyedmahdi46@gmail.com
[3]. Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of Sistan and Baluchestan,
Zahedan, Iran. (Corresponding Author) a.shahraki65@gmail.com
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