Efficiency evaluation of public hospitals in Saudi Arabia: an application of data envelopment analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

In this study, we assess the performance of public hospitals in Saudi Arabia. We detect the sources of inefficiency and estimate the optimal levels of the resources that provide the current level of health services. We enrich our analysis by employing locations and capacities of the hospitals.

Design

We employ data envelopment analysis (DEA) to measure the technical efficiency of 91 public hospitals. We apply the input-oriented Charnes, Cooper and Rhodes, and Banker, Charne, Cooper models under Constant and Variable Returns-to-Scale. The assessment includes four inputs, and six output variables taken from the Ministry of Health databases for 2017. We conducted the assessment via PIM-DEA V.3.2 software.

Setting

Ministry of health-affiliated hospitals in the K

SUBMITTER: Alatawi AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7045210 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature