Measuring efficiency of teaching hospitals in Malaysia

Moshiri, H. and Aljunid, S.M. and Amin, R.M. and Dahlui, M. and Ibrahim, W.N. (2011) Measuring efficiency of teaching hospitals in Malaysia. International Journal of Business and Management, 6 (4). p207. ISSN 1833-8119,

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Abstract

This study uses Data Envelopment Analysis, constant return to scale, input oriented to examine technical efficiency among three teaching hospitals in Malaysia. Variables of this study categorized two output and input; Outputs of the study includes number of discharged inpatient and number of visited outpatient by each department. Inputs of this study include bed, doctor, nurse and nonmedical staff. Results show that 87.5 percent of the selected clinical departments are operated inefficiently.

Item Type: Article
Funders: UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords: Technical Efficiency, Hospital Efficiency, Data Envelopment Analysis
Subjects: R Medicine
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine
Depositing User: Ms azrahani halim
Date Deposited: 28 Aug 2013 04:11
Last Modified: 28 Aug 2013 04:11
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/8275

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