Efficiency of Health Management Departments through Data Envelopment Analysis


TARCAN M., YEŞİLAYDIN G.

JOURNAL OF EFFICIENCY AND RESPONSIBILITY IN EDUCATION AND SCIENCE, cilt.16, ss.102-112, 2023 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 16
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.7160/eriesj.2023.160202
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF EFFICIENCY AND RESPONSIBILITY IN EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, IBZ Online, EBSCO Education Source, ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.102-112
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The purpose of this study was to determine which of the input and output variables made statistically significant difference in the efficiency status of undergraduate departments offering Health Management education in Turkey, to identify areas where inefficient departments could improve, and to determine which of the input and output variables made a statistically significant difference in the efficiency status of inefficient departments. The output-oriented data envelopment analysis model was employed in the efficiency analysis. As a decision-making unit, there were Health Management departments. Mann-Whitney U test was used to analyse whether or not there was a statistically significant difference between the efficiencies of the departments based on the input and output variables. In Turkey, 15 of 43 state universities providing formal undergraduate education in the field of Health Management are fully efficient. Also, there was a significant difference in terms of the "number of completed projects" and the "number of papers in journals screened within the scope of Web of Science Core Collection (WOSCC)" variables. No study examining the efficiency of Health Management departments has been found in the literature. Department administrators are encouraged to increase their publications and look into ways design more initiatives.