Combining multiple indicators to assess hospital performance in Iran using the Pabon Lasso Model

Australasian Medical Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 175-179

  Bahadori, M ^a   Sadeghifar, Jamil ^b   Hamouzadeh, Pejman ^b   Hakimzadeh, Seyyed Mostafa ^a,b   Nejati, Mostafa ^c  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Hospital; Iran; Key performance indicators; Pabon Lasso Model; Performance assessment

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IRAN; LENGTH OF STAY; PABON LASSO MODEL; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; RELIABILITY;

EID: 79955660970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18361935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4066/AMJ.2011.620     Document Type: Article

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