Efficiency Evaluation of Hospitals in the Environment of the Czech and Slovak Republic

Stanislav Sendek, Zuzana Svitálková and Katarína Angelovičová
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Stanislav Sendek: Department of Finance, Faculty of Business and Economics, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
Zuzana Svitálková: Department of Finance, Faculty of Business and Economics, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
Katarína Angelovičová: St. Elisabeth University of Health and Social Sciences in Bratislava, Palackého č. 1, P.O. Box 104, 810 00 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2015, vol. 63, issue 6, 2109-2118

Abstract: The paper applies the Data Envelopment Analysis as a deterministic non-parametric method based on the linear programming, to measure the efficiency of Czech and Slovak hospitals based on input and output performance. Managing physician or hospital practice patterns is an important tool to reduce health care costs. State-run hospitals, as decision-making units working in an operating healthcare system, might have some excess resources in the process of providing care. Ehealth tools are expected to contribute to the cost containment in them, enhancing finally the quality of patient care in the overall assessment.

Keywords: Data Envelopment Analysis; radial BCC model; e-health; input-output analysis; hospital efficiency assessment; decreasing returns to scale (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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