| Autor: |
Vidya Jha, Dinesh TA, Abhijath V, Prem Nair |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2020 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences, Vol 19, Iss 3 (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
0972-5997 |
| Popis: |
Purpose: Evaluation of the efficiencies of clinical laboratories is a must for the laboratory and hospital managers. It facilitates an understanding of the current situation of the ongoing processes and allows for targeted measures. The study aims to analyse and measure performance efficiency of highly specialised clinical laboratories at a University teaching hospital and to recommend ways to improve performance in the areas of inefficiency. Methodology: A retrospective study was done and data from 4 highly specialised clinical laboratories were collected and entered in MS Excel. Data Envelopment Analysis was used to assess relative efficiency of theses laboratories on a 15 months data pool. Results: Relative efficiency scores for Cytogenetics lab, Molecular Biology, Molecular Oncology and Virology labs were 100%, 100%, 14.4% and 44.6% respectively with the input orientation approach and 100%, 84.3%, 75.7% and 87.5% respectively with the output orientation approach. Conclusion: DEA serves as a useful healthcare analytical tool to evaluate relative efficiencies of clinical laboratories in hospitals. It is important to pay attention to efficiency evaluation as it is necessary in solving the problem of limited and unbalanced medical resources. |
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