The purpose of this study was to perform an interim evaluation of the policy effect of the current reform of Japan’s municipal hospitals. We focused on efficiency improvements both within hospitals and within two separate internal hospital organizations. Hospitals have two heterogeneous...

In DEA, we have two measures of technical efficiency with different characteristics: radial and non-radial. In this paper we compile them into a composite model called “epsilon-based measure (EBM).” For this purpose we introduce two parameters which connect radial and non-radial models....

In data envelopment analysis, there are several methods for measuring efficiency changes over time, e.g. the window analysis and the Malmquist index. However, they usually neglect carry-over activities between two consecutive terms and only focus on the separate time period independently aiming...

In DEA we are often puzzled by the big difference in CRS and VRS scores, and by the convex production possibility set syndrome in spite of the S-shaped curve often observed in many real data. In this paper we perform a challenge to these subjects.

In DEA, we have two measures of technical efficiency with different characteristics: radial and non-radial. In this paper we compile them into a composite model called "epsilon-based measure (EBM)." For this purpose we introduce two parameters which connect radial and non-radial models. These...