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Are Public Hospitals in Malaysia Efficient? An Application of DEA and Tobit Analysis |
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| Creator | Shamzaeffa Samsudin |
| Title | Are Public Hospitals in Malaysia Efficient? An Application of DEA and Tobit Analysis |
| Contributor | Ahmad Sobri Jaafar, Shri Dewi Applanaidu, Jamal Ali, Rahimah Majid |
| Publisher | Faculty of Economics, Chulalongkorn University |
| Publication Year | 2559 |
| Journal Title | Southeast Asian Journal of Economics |
| Journal Vol. | 4 |
| Journal No. | 2 |
| Page no. | 1 20 |
| Keyword | DEA, hospital performance, scale efficiency, technical efficiency, Tobit model. |
| URL Website | http://www.econ.chula.ac.th/public/publication/journal/sajehome.php |
| Website title | Southeast Asian Journal of Economics |
| ISSN | 2465-5120 |
| Abstract | The objective of this paper is to examine the efficiency of public hospitals in Malaysia and to identify the factors affecting their performance. We use Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to determine the efficiency score and Tobit model to identify the possible determinants of inefficiency. The DEA results show that the average technical and scale efficiencies scores of public hospitals under study are above 90 percent which can be considered as efficient. From the Tobit model, it was found that the daily average number of admissions, the number of outpatients per doctor and hospital classification have influenced hospital inefficiency. Findings from this study may provide useful information for policy makers concerning resource allocation in Malaysian health care system, specifically public hospitals. |
