TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluating efficiency of hospitals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
T2 - DEA-an operational research technique approach
AU - Alam, Teg
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© IAEME Publication.
PY - 2018/10
Y1 - 2018/10
N2 - The accountability of any Government is to protect and advance the interests of community which includes the delivery of high-quality health care system. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is candidly dedicated to build the excellence in health care system of the kingdom. In this paper, the researcher intends to illustrate the application of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to evaluate the efficiency of hospitals in twenty regions of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The input variables used in this study are number of doctors, number of nurses, number of medical assistants, number of beds, number of hospitals and number of health centers. The output variables are number of radiation tests, number of laboratory tests, number of patients (emergency), number of visits (outpatient clinics), number of patients (number of inpatients at MOH's hospitals) and Number of visitors’ visits. The data is obtained from the Ministry of Health's (MOH) Portal. In this paper, the researcher evaluates the efficiency scores of hospitals based on the Basic Radial (Envelopment Forms)-Variable return to scale (VRS) model. The DEA tool assists the administrators to identify the inefficiencies and develop the optimal strategies to remove them.
AB - The accountability of any Government is to protect and advance the interests of community which includes the delivery of high-quality health care system. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is candidly dedicated to build the excellence in health care system of the kingdom. In this paper, the researcher intends to illustrate the application of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to evaluate the efficiency of hospitals in twenty regions of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The input variables used in this study are number of doctors, number of nurses, number of medical assistants, number of beds, number of hospitals and number of health centers. The output variables are number of radiation tests, number of laboratory tests, number of patients (emergency), number of visits (outpatient clinics), number of patients (number of inpatients at MOH's hospitals) and Number of visitors’ visits. The data is obtained from the Ministry of Health's (MOH) Portal. In this paper, the researcher evaluates the efficiency scores of hospitals based on the Basic Radial (Envelopment Forms)-Variable return to scale (VRS) model. The DEA tool assists the administrators to identify the inefficiencies and develop the optimal strategies to remove them.
KW - Data Envelopment Analysis
KW - Development
KW - Efficiency
KW - Hospital
KW - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85056427475
SN - 0976-6340
VL - 9
SP - 1400
EP - 1405
JO - International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology
JF - International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology
IS - 10
ER -