A nonparametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is performed on hospitals in the federal state of Saxony (Germany) and … countries. Finally, hospital beds are treated as a discretionary input in one DEA and as a fixed input in the other, and the … effect on efficiency is related to differences in hospital planning in Germany and Switzerland. Based on the comparable …

, efficiency has emerged as an increasingly important way for hospitals to withstand competitive pressures in the hospital market …With hospital budgets remaining tight and healthcare expenditure rising due to demographic change and advances in … technology, hospitals continue to face calls to contain costs and allocate their resources more efficiently. In this context …

hospitals being managed by the DOH. The paper begins with an overview of the hospital sector in the Philippines, describing the …The paper attempts to provide an overview of the hospital sector in the Philippines with particular emphasis on … size, location, and utilization of hospital services. To assess the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery in DOH …

collate vital information on private hospitals in the Philippines. This paper looks at the different characteristics and … structures of private hospitals sector with regard to geographical distribution, services, financing, human resource, and other … delivery system in the country, other sections compare private hospitals vis-a-vis government-owned facilities. …