The healthcare sector in general and hospitals in particular represent a main application
area for Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). This paper reviews 262 papers of DEA …

The measurement of efficiency and productivity of health service delivery has become a
small industry. This is a review of 317 published papers on frontier efficiency measurement …

The threat of global climate change has caused the international community to pay close
attention to atmospheric levels of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide. Transportation …

In recent years there has been an exponential growth in the number of publications related
to theory and applications of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Charnes, Cooper, and …

Background Forty-nine million people or 83 per cent of the entire population of 59 million
rely on the public healthcare system in South Africa. Coupled with a shortage of medical …

The main objective of this study was to apply the non-parametric method of Data
Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to measure the efficiency of Greek NHS hospitals between …

The scale of impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on society and the economy globally
provides a strong incentive to thoroughly analyze the efficiency of healthcare systems in …

This book provides a concise synthesis of leading edge research in the theory and practise
of efficiency measurement in health and health care. Whilst much of the literature in this area …

Since the implementation of health care reforms, much has been documented regarding the
practices and behavior of hospitals or health profession in China. While these …

Materials and Methods: This study was conducted using a systematic review and meta-
analysis approach to find empirical research papers published on hospital efficiency in Iran …