Measurement of the technical efficiency of hospitals in the Puno region: an application of data envelopment analysis (DEA).

Abstract

The objective of the investigation of hospital effectiveness measurement in the Puno region, using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), all the time determines the change in total factor productivity during the period 2011-2013. The results show that the efficiency of hospitals in the Puno region of category II-1 was 0.96; While all hospitals (categories II-1 and category II-2) were 0.88 in the period 2011-2013. Regarding productivity, the results suggest that changes in productivity at a hospital level occur mainly because of changes in technical efficiency rather than a change in technological progress. Finally, through the Mann - Whitney test, it was found that there is insufficient evidence to argue that the size or complexities of the hospitals are variables that determine the difference in the level of efficiency obtained