A study on the operation efficiency of hospital clinical departments using data envelopment analysis
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1000-6672.2019.01.009
- VernacularTitle:基于数据包络分析的医院临床科室运营效率研究
- Author:
Peng HU
1
;
Zhilin WANG
Author Information
1. 广州市第一人民医院医院办公室 510180
- Keywords:
Health resources;
Resource allocation;
Data envelopment analysis;
Clinical departments;
Operational efficiency
- From:
Chinese Journal of Hospital Administration
2019;35(1):36-40
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To examine the operation efficiency of hospital clinical departments and explore ways to improve inefficient units from an input-output perspective.Methods We used the data envelopment analysis(DEA) to analyze the panel data in 2013-2017 from 30 clinical departments of a hospital,applying the CCR model and the BCC model.Results The overall operation efficiency of the hospital was as high as 26.32％ of its clinical departments showed the increasing returns to scale.The scale efficiency was found to be high when the bed size in clinical departments ranged from 1 to 20,from 41 to 80,or from 91 to 100.There was an irrationality in fixed assets and staff deployment.Conclusions Size and input of clinical departments should be carefully planned to increase resource utilization efficiency.
