EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS OF HOSPITALS IN PUNJAB DISTRICTS: AN APPLICATION OF DEA BOOTSTRAP

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Volume 14 Issue 1 2018

Author(s):

Nabila Asghar
Assistant Professor Department of Economics & Business Administration , University of the Education, Lahore, Pakistan.
Nabila.asghar@ue.edu.pk

Hafeez-ur-Rehman
Professor of Economics, School of Business and Economics, University of Management and Technology Lahore, Pakistan.
hafeez.rehman@umt.edu.pk

Hafiz Ghulam Mujaddid
Associate Research Fellow at Punjab Economic Research Institute Lahore, Pakistan.
hafizghulam@umt.edu.pk
Abstract The main objective of this study is to analyze the efficiency of hospitals of districts of Punjab a province of Pakistan. The study uses the output-oriented DEA bootstrap technique for measuring the efficiency of hospitals by utilizing four inputs and two outputs. The results of the study reveal that not a single district appears to be fully efficient when a bias-corrected efficiency technique is used. The overall efficiency which is measured in the form of mean efficiency has shown a rising trend in 2011 and afterward little deterioration in 2013. The study identifies the less efficient and highly efficient districts of hospitals of the Punjab province of Pakistan. The inference from this study may be helpful for policymakers to formulate and implement policies that help the hospitals of districts of Punjab to perform better through improving their efficiency.
Keywords Technical efficiency, DEA bootstrap, Output, Hospitals
Year 2018
Volume 14
Issue 1
Type Short Report
Recognized by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, HEC
Category "Y"
Journal Name IBT Journal of Business Studies
Publisher Name ILMA University
Jel Classification C01, C10, C13, C55, I11
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.46745/ilma.jbs.2018.14.01.10
ISSN no (E, Electronic) 2409-6520
ISSN no (P, Print) 2416-8393
Country Pakistan
City Karachi
Institution Type University
Journal Type Open Access
Type of Review Double Blind Peer Reviewed
Format PDF
Paper Link http://ibtjbs.ilmauniversity.edu.pk/journal/jbs/14.1/10.pdf
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