Key Indicators Affecting Hospital Efficiency: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Measuring hospital efficiency is a systematic process to optimizing performance and resource allocation. The current review study has investigated the key input, process, and output indicators that are commonly used in measuring the technical efficiency of the hospital to promote the accuracy of the results.

Methods

To conduct this systematic review, the electronic resources and databases MEDLINE (via PubMed), Scopus, Ovid, Proquest, Google Scholar, and reference lists of the selected articles were used for searching articles between 2010 and 2019. After in-depth reviews based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, among 1,537 studies, 144 articles were selected for the final assessment. Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) Checklist was used for ev

SUBMITTER: Imani A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8964142 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature