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Efficiency Analysis of General Hospitals in Turkey And Welfare Losses Due to Congestion And Slacks

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  • Ensar Yesilyurt

    (Department of Economics, Pamukkale University)

  • Filiz Yesilyurt

    (Department of Economics, Ege University)

Abstract

In this study, besides the efficiency levels of 600 general hospitals currently active in Turkey, their congestion and slacks have also been calculated. Moreover, welfare losses due to the existence of congestion and slacks have been determined. The present study, above all, constitutes a sample case about the possibility that the slacks can occur in DEA even when in an entirely efficient state. As a result, the hospitals affiliated to the Social Security Institute (SSK in Turkish) have been found out to be the most efficient and the private hospitals have been found to take the second order while the hospitals operating under the Ministry of Health have taken the third order. Considering all the hospitals altogether, the total welfare loss has been calculated to be $94.523.320.

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  • Ensar Yesilyurt & Filiz Yesilyurt, 2007. "Efficiency Analysis of General Hospitals in Turkey And Welfare Losses Due to Congestion And Slacks," Working Papers 0705, Ege University, Department of Economics, revised Dec 2008.
    • Handle: RePEc:ege:wpaper:0705
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    Keywords

    Data Envelopment Analysis; Hospital; Congestion; Slack;
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    JEL classification:

    • I1 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health
    • P3 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions

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