Measuring Hospital Efficiency in China Using Grey Relational Analysis and Data Envelopment Analysis

摘要：

In this paper, the relative efficiencies of 24 general hospitals in China’s Shaanxi province are measured using data envelopment analysis (DEA). Grey relational analysis (GRA) is applied to group the initial measuring indicators and to select the representative ones. Three output variables including the number of discharges, utilization times of beds, and average stay days, and two input variables including the number of beds and average medical expenses per day are considered in the analysis. The results of the overall technical efficiency scores, the pure technical efficiency scores, and the scale efficiency scores of sample hospitals provide some useful managerial insights into measurement and improvement of hospital performance in China.

作者: Shu Wang Qinhai Ma Zhimin Guan

作者单位: School of Business Administration, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110004 PR China

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2007年IEEE灰色系统与智能服务国际会议(2007 IEEE International Conference on Grey Systems and Intelligent Services)

会议地点: 南京

会议语种:英文

在线出版日期: 2007-11-18（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）