PUBLIC HOSPITALS and SPECIAL HOSPITALS EFFICIENCY EFFECT FACTORS (ANKARA PROVINCE SAMPLE)
| Autor: | KARAMAN KESKİN, Özgül, ORHANER, Emine |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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| Zdroj: | Volume: 2, Issue: 2 19-36 International Journal of Health Management and Tourism |
| ISSN: | 2458-9608 |
| Popis: | The purposes of this study are to examine theefficiency levels of public and private hospitals, to analyze the changes inhospital activities over time, and to identify the factors those may influenceon hospital efficiency by determining the cause of these changes in Ankara. Inthis study, data set of 40 hospitals in Ankara, which contains 27 publichospitals and 13 private hospitals, were utilized. Data Envelopment Analysiswas employed to measure the efficiency levels. MalmquistTotal Factor Productivity Index was used to evaluate the change of theefficiency over time. Furthermore, Tobit Model was applied to explore thefactors affecting the efficiency. Result of the study, it has seen that 58% ofthe hospitals were operated in pure technical efficiency, 25% of the hospitalswere operated in gross efficiency in 2015. During to time horizon, theefficiency was reduced in two different time periods but it was increasedanother three different time periods. In addition, average length of stay andratio of inpatients were effected efficiency scores negatively; however,bed-occupancy, bed-physician and bed-nurse ratios were effected positively. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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