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Operational and economic efficiency analysis of public hospitals in Greece

Germain Christophe, Zopounidis Konstantinos, Michael Doumpos, Fragkiadakis George

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URIhttp://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/5DBBA3E7-24FB-4D3D-89B5-9D55A89806FF-
Identifierhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10479-014-1710-7-
Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-014-1710-7-
Languageen-
Extent20 pagesen
TitleOperational and economic efficiency analysis of public hospitals in Greeceen
CreatorGermain Christopheen
CreatorZopounidis Konstantinosen
CreatorΖοπουνιδης Κωνσταντινοςel
CreatorMichael Doumposen
CreatorΔουμπος Μιχαληςel
CreatorFragkiadakis Georgeen
PublisherSpringer Verlagen
Content SummaryThe continuous growth of hospital costs has driven governments in many countries to seek ways to improve their efficiency. In Greece, this has consistently been a major issue for almost two decades, as efficiency assessment and monitoring systems are lacking. In response to this need, the evaluation of the National Health System hospitals’ efficiency level is a precondition for planning, implementing and monitoring any promising reform. In this paper, a non-parametric modeling approach is employed to assess and analyze the efficiency of 87 Greek public hospitals over the period 2005–2009, using data envelopment analysis. The operational and economic aspects of the hospitals’ operation are considered on the basis of their service/case mix and cost structure. We also investigate the efficiency trends over time with the Malmquist index and a second stage regression analysis is performed to explain the operational and economic efficiency results in terms of the hospitals’ operating characteristics and the environment in which they operate.en
Type of ItemPeer-Reviewed Journal Publicationen
Type of ItemΔημοσίευση σε Περιοδικό με Κριτέςel
Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
Date of Item2015-11-18-
Date of Publication2016-
SubjectHospital efficiencyen
SubjectTechnical efficiencyen
SubjectData envelopment analysisen
Bibliographic CitationG. Fragkiadakis, M. Doumpos, C. Zopounidis and C. Germain, "Operational and economic efficiency analysis of public hospitals in Greece," Annals Operat. Res., vol. 247, no. 2, pp. 787–806, Dec. 2016. doi:10.1007/s10479-014-1710-7en

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