Assessing resource allocation based on workload: a data envelopment analysis study on clinical departments in a class a tertiary public hospital in China.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Today, the development mode of public hospitals in China is turning from expansion to efficiency, and the management mode is turning from extensive to refined. This study aims to evaluate the efficiency of clinical departments in a Chinese class A tertiary public hospital (Hospital M) to analyze the allocation of hospital resources among these departments providing a reference for the hospital management.

Methods

The hospitalization data of inpatients from 32 clinical departments of Hospital M in 2021 are extracted from the hospital information system (HIS), and a dataset containing 38,147 inpatients is got using stratified sampling. Considering the non-homogeneity of clinical departments, the 38,147 patients are clustered using the K-means algorithm based on workl

SUBMITTER: Hao X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10375627 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature