Data Envelopment Analysis Comparison of Hospital Efficiency and Quality |
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Authors: | Preethy Nayar Yasar A Ozcan |
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Institution: | (1) Health Services Research and Administration, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-4350, USA;(2) Health Administration, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA |
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Abstract: | Using a sample of Virginia hospitals, performance measures of quality were examined as they related to technical efficiency.
Efficiency scores for the study hospitals were computed using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The study found that the technically
efficient hospitals were performing well as far as quality measures were concerned. Some of the technically inefficient hospitals
were also performing well with respect to quality. DEA can be used to benchmark both dimensions of hospital performance: technical
efficiency and quality. The results have policy implications in view of growing concern that hospitals may be improving their
efficiency at the expense of quality. |
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Keywords: | Efficiency Quality Acute care hospitals Data Envelopment Analysis |
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