Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2012, 20(5):75-84 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.382

Comparison of the Ophthalmology Departments of the Vysocina Region Hospitals Using DEA Models

Jana Borůvková, Martina Kuncová
Vysoká škola polytechnická Jihlava (boruvkova@vspj.cz, kuncova@vspj.cz).

DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) models are usually used to find the relative efficiency among homogenous units according to selected criteria (inputs and outputs). Homogenous units are the units (companies, institutions, states) that produce equivalent outputs via using the same inputs but with different intensity. As the number of inputs and outputs included in the model can be higher, the DEA models rank among the methods of multi-criteria decision-making. In this article we try to compare the not-for-profit hospitals that are situated in Vysocina Region in these towns: Jihlava, Havlickuv Brod, Trebic and Nove Mesto na Morave. In this article we compare only the Departments of Ophthalmology in the hospitals named above. All the criteria for the comparison were selected in cooperation with the Section of Health Care of the Vysocina Region which also has given all the data. This article describes results of DEA models and suggestions how to improve the efficiency of the departments.

Keywords: DEA models, hospitals, Vysocina Region, department of opthalmology, efficiency
JEL classification: C44, C67

Published: August 1, 2012  Show citation

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Borůvková, J., & Kuncová, M. (2012). Comparison of the Ophthalmology Departments of the Vysocina Region Hospitals Using DEA Models. Acta Oeconomica Pragensia, 20(5), 75-84. doi: 10.18267/j.aop.382
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