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Key Indicators Affecting Hospital Efficiency: A Systematic Review
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Health Sciences (HOV). Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7393-796X
2022 (English)In: Frontiers in Public Health, E-ISSN 2296-2565, Vol. 10, article id 830102Article, review/survey (Refereed) Published
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Background: Measuring hospital efficiency is a systematic process to optimizing performance and resource allocation. The current review study has investigated the key input, process, and output indicators that are commonly used in measuring the technical efficiency of the hospital to promote the accuracy of the results. Methods: To conduct this systematic review, the electronic resources and databases MEDLINE (via PubMed), Scopus, Ovid, Proquest, Google Scholar, and reference lists of the selected articles were used for searching articles between 2010 and 2019. After in-depth reviews based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, among 1,537 studies, 144 articles were selected for the final assessment. Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) Checklist was used for evaluating the quality of the articles. The main findings of studies have been extracted using content analysis. Results: After the final analysis, the Context/Input indicators that were commonly considered by studies in analyzing hospital technical efficiency include different variables related to Hospital Capacity, Structure, Characteristics, Market concentration, and Costs. The Process/Throughput indicators include different variables related to Hospital Activity or services-oriented process Indicators, Hospital Quality-oriented process indicators, and Hospital Educational processes. Finally, the Output/Outcome indicators include different variables related to Hospital Activity-related output variables and Quality-related output/outcomes variables. Conclusion: This study has identified that it is necessary to mix and assess a set of input, process, and output indicators of the hospital with both quantitative and qualitative indicators for measuring the technical efficiency of hospitals comprehensively. 

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Frontiers Media S.A. , 2022. Vol. 10, article id 830102
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hospital inputs, hospital outputs, hospital process, indicators, technical efficiency
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Economics Health Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-44863DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.830102ISI: 000783795100001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85127813955OAI: oai:DiVA.org:miun-44863DiVA, id: diva2:1652359
Available from: 2022-04-19 Created: 2022-04-19 Last updated: 2025-09-25Bibliographically approved

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