Health> Vol.6 No.9, March 2014

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Majid Heydari, Azadeh Ahmadzadeh Ghasab, Haleh Mousavi Isfahani, Mehdi Raadabadi, Mohsen Barouni

Health Economic, Students Scientific Research Center (SSRC), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Health Services Management, Health Management and Economics Research Center, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Health Services Management, Hospital Management Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Research Center for Health Services Management, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.

Introduction: During the last decade, the health sector of many countries in general has been faced significantly with the increase of health care costs and in particular with the growth in hospital costs, that a significant part of it is due to the inefficient use of resources. The present study has been calculated the technical efficiency of the Specialty Ophthalmology Hospital of Tehran University of Medical Sciences by the comprehensive data analysis methods and stochastic frontier analysis. Methods: In this article, the technical efficiency of the Specialty Ophthalmology Hospital of Tehran University of Medical Sciences has been calculated by the years of 2009 to 2011, by the comprehensive data analysis methods and stochastic frontier analysis. For this purpose, the form of input-oriented data envelopment analysis approach was used by assuming the variable Productivity to scale and stochastic frontier analysis method and from the five output, the occupied bed days, outpatient admissions, inpatient admissions, inpatient days and bed occupancy factor, and from the six output, it means active beds, number of doctors, nurses, and other personnel, budget and equipment costs were used for the study. For data analyzing, Deap software, edit 1/2 and Frontier edit 1/4, was used. Result: The results of a comprehensive data analysis method showed: 1) The capacity of improving technical efficiency in the studied sector is 34% (average technical efficiency is 0.663 parts); and 2) some of the sectors are met the excess inputs (factors of production). Technical efficiency using stochastic frontier analysis was equal to 0.937. In fact, the stochastic frontier analysis showed the inefficiency is less than the actual value. Conclusion: Reducing excess capacity factors (factors of production) should be conducted in the form of a comprehensive plan and by considering all regarded aspects, that this reduction plays a major role in the hospital and health sector costs reduction.

Technical Efficiency; Data Envelopment Analysis; Stochastic Frontier Analysis; Input; Output

Heydari, M. , Ghasab, A. , Isfahani, H. , Raadabadi, M. and Barouni, M. (2014) Determining the Technical Efficiency of Specialty Ophthalmology Hospital Using SFA and DEA: 2009-2011. Health, 6, 803-808. doi: 10.4236/health.2014.69102.