University of Piraeus. International Strategic Management Association
Abstract
In this paper we use Data Envelopment Analysis and the Malmquist
Productivity Index and its decompositions to assess the productive efficiency and
productivity of the in-patient clinics of a large Greek University General Hospital.
Clinics are represented by means of a simple model whereby they use inputs (labor
and capital) to produce outputs (in-patient days and patient discharges). The
efficiency model is input oriented and assumes constant returns to scale. Model
validation analyses showed that this model appears to be externally valid. The
framework proposed here is a simple and useful tool for informing intra-hospital
management decisions.peer-reviewe