A novel inverse DEA-R model with application in hospital efficiency

Mojtaba Ghiyasi, Mehdi Soltanifar and Hamid Sharafi

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2022, vol. 84, issue C

Abstract: The inverse Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method is primarily used to analyze the changing relationship between the inputs and outputs of production units while preserving efficiency levels. This paper aims to perform an efficiency and post-efficiency analysis of 130 public hospitals in Iran. However, we faced with some hospital data that are only available in form of ratios. This motivates us to develop a novel and proper inverse DEA methodology capable of dealing with such cases. We develop the theoretical foundation of the inverse DEA-R model as a post-efficiency analysis approach. Both input-oriented and output-oriented inverse models are developed. In the end, we apply the proposed models for efficiency assessment and moreover inverse analysis of 130 public hospitals in Iran.

Keywords: DEA; Inverse DEA; Inverse DEA-R; Public hospitals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.seps.2022.101427

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