A systematic review on hospital inefficiency in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: sources and solutions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evaluating hospital efficiency is a process to optimize resource utilization and allocation. This is vital due to hospitals being the largest financial cost in a health system. To limit avoidable uses of hospital resources, it is important to identify the sources of hospital inefficiencies and to put in place measures towards their reduction and elimination. Thus, the purpose of this research is to examine the sources of hospital inefficiency in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, and existing strategies tackling this issue.

Methods

In this study, the electronic databases MEDLINE (via PubMed), Web of Science, Embase, Google, Google Scholar, and reference lists of selected articles, were explored. Studies on inefficiency, sources of inefficiency, and strategies for i

SUBMITTER: Ravaghi H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6852759 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature