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  • Health Economics
  • Operations Research

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  • Measuring hospital productivity is crucial for healthcare system efficiency.
  • Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Malmquist indices are advanced techniques for productivity assessment.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To measure hospital productivity in Ahvaz County using DEA and Malmquist indices.
  • To analyze productivity changes over a four-year period (2007-2010).

Main Methods:

  • A cross-sectional study utilizing panel data from 12 teaching and non-teaching hospitals.
  • Employed an input-oriented DEA and Malmquist indices approach.
  • Data analyzed using SPSS and DEAP software.

Main Results:

  • 50% of hospitals showed increased total productivity (value > 1); others were non-productive.
  • Overall average total productivity factor (TPF) was 1.024, indicating a 2.4% decrease in efficiency.
  • Average changes in technical, technological, scale, and managerial efficiency were 0.989, 1.008, 1.028, and 0.996, respectively.

Conclusions:

  • Hospitals generally exhibited an increasing productivity rate, but overall average productivity declined.
  • Variations in technological efficiency were the primary driver of the reduced average total productivity.
  • No significant difference in mean productivity changes was observed between teaching and non-teaching hospitals.