Efficiency Analysis of Surgical Services by Combined Use of Data Envelopment Analysis and Gray Relational Analysis

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Girginer, Nuray ^a   Köse, Tunç ^a   Uçkun, Nurullah ^a  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency; Gray relational analysis; Health policy; Hospital administration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; EYE SURGERY; GENERAL SURGERY; GRAY RELATIONAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HUMAN; NEUROSURGERY; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PLASTIC SURGERY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SURGERY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TRAUMATOLOGY; UROLOGIC SURGERY; WORKLOAD; MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; OPERATING ROOM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MEDICINE; OPERATING ROOMS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84938099354     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-015-0238-y     Document Type: Article

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