We 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.

Using cross-efficiency fuzzy Data Envelopment Analysis for healthcare facilities performance evaluation under uncertainty / Dotoli, M; Epicoco, N; Falagario, M; Sciancalepore, F; Costantino, N. - STAMPA. - (2013), pp. 6721913.912-6721913.917. (Intervento presentato al convegno IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2013 tenutosi a Manchester, United Kingdom nel October 13-16, 2013) [10.1109/SMC.2013.160].

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

Dotoli M;Epicoco N;Sciancalepore F;Costantino N
2013-01-01

Abstract

We 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 International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2013
978-1-4799-0652-9
Using cross-efficiency fuzzy Data Envelopment Analysis for healthcare facilities performance evaluation under uncertainty / Dotoli, M; Epicoco, N; Falagario, M; Sciancalepore, F; Costantino, N. - STAMPA. - (2013), pp. 6721913.912-6721913.917. (Intervento presentato al convegno IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2013 tenutosi a Manchester, United Kingdom nel October 13-16, 2013) [10.1109/SMC.2013.160].
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