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

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