Hospital efficiency in the eastern mediterranean region: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recent rising costs and shortages of healthcare resources make it necessary to address the issue of hospital efficiency. Increasing the efficiency of hospitals can result in the better and more sustainable achievement of their organizational goals.

Objective

The purpose of this research is to examine hospital efficiency in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) using data envelopment analysis (DEA).

Methods

This study is a systematic review and meta-analysis of all articles published on hospital efficiency in Eastern Mediterranean countries between January 1999 and September 2020, identified by searching PubMed through MEDLINE, Web of Science, Scopus, Science Direct, and Google Scholar. The reference lists of these articles were checked for additional relev

SUBMITTER: Ravaghi H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9936516 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature