address the problem of healthcare systems performance evaluation under uncertainty by a cross-efficiency fuzzy Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) technique. Triangular fuzzy numbers are employed to deal with uncertain data. More precisely, a fuzzy triangular efficiency is associated to each hospital/ward through a cross-evaluation by a compromise between objectives. Results are defuzzified to obtain the ranking. The method is applied to evaluate hospitals in a region of Southern Italy and estimate the temporal evolution of the performance of one of them, showing the ease of application and usefulness in validating and planning healthcare reforms. © 2013 IEEE.

Using cross-efficiency fuzzy Data Envelopment Analysis for healthcare facilities performance evaluation under uncertainty

Epicoco N.;
2013-01-01

Abstract

address the problem of healthcare systems performance evaluation under uncertainty by a cross-efficiency fuzzy Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) technique. Triangular fuzzy numbers are employed to deal with uncertain data. More precisely, a fuzzy triangular efficiency is associated to each hospital/ward through a cross-evaluation by a compromise between objectives. Results are defuzzified to obtain the ranking. The method is applied to evaluate hospitals in a region of Southern Italy and estimate the temporal evolution of the performance of one of them, showing the ease of application and usefulness in validating and planning healthcare reforms. © 2013 IEEE.
2013
978-1-4799-0652-9
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