Evaluation of performance at Palestinian public hospitals using Pabón Lasso model.
Gaza
Pabón Lasso model
efficiency
hospitals
internal medicine
performance
surgical
Journal
The International journal of health planning and management
ISSN: 1099-1751
Titre abrégé: Int J Health Plann Manage
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8605825
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
May 2021
May 2021
Historique:
revised:
09
12
2020
received:
16
09
2020
accepted:
17
01
2021
pubmed:
4
3
2021
medline:
30
9
2021
entrez:
3
3
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Hospitals have a paramount role in provision of health care services, which in turn significantly impacts the performance of any health system, especially in developing countries. This study aimed to evaluate the performance of the Ministry of Health general hospitals in Gaza according to their surgical and internal medicine departments during a 3-year period (2016, 2017 and 2018) using Pabón Lasso model. This descriptive study includes the overall public general hospitals in Gaza Strip (7). Data have been collected from the officially disseminated reports, mainly about average length of stay, bed occupancy rate, and bed turnover ratio in the surgical and internal medicine departments for the study period. Pabón Lasso charts have been drawn using MS Excel 2013. For surgical departments, about 42.8% were efficient (zone 3) during the 3 years, while, 42.8% were inefficient (zone 1). Only one hospital was relatively efficient (zone 4) in 2017 and 2018. Regarding internal medicine departments, 28.6%-42.8% of hospitals were efficient during the study period, 14.3%-42.8% were inefficient, and 28.6%-42.8% were relatively efficient (zone 2 and 4). It is recommended to count on such type of analysis in decision-making and identify obstacles for best utilization of the available resources. Inefficiency in hospitals serves as a good opportunity for resources mobilization or innovation in demand-creating interventions, thereby, regular evaluation of resources' distribution. Further research is required by applying frontier techniques of efficiency measurement.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Hospitals have a paramount role in provision of health care services, which in turn significantly impacts the performance of any health system, especially in developing countries.
AIM
OBJECTIVE
This study aimed to evaluate the performance of the Ministry of Health general hospitals in Gaza according to their surgical and internal medicine departments during a 3-year period (2016, 2017 and 2018) using Pabón Lasso model.
METHOD
METHODS
This descriptive study includes the overall public general hospitals in Gaza Strip (7). Data have been collected from the officially disseminated reports, mainly about average length of stay, bed occupancy rate, and bed turnover ratio in the surgical and internal medicine departments for the study period. Pabón Lasso charts have been drawn using MS Excel 2013.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
For surgical departments, about 42.8% were efficient (zone 3) during the 3 years, while, 42.8% were inefficient (zone 1). Only one hospital was relatively efficient (zone 4) in 2017 and 2018. Regarding internal medicine departments, 28.6%-42.8% of hospitals were efficient during the study period, 14.3%-42.8% were inefficient, and 28.6%-42.8% were relatively efficient (zone 2 and 4). It is recommended to count on such type of analysis in decision-making and identify obstacles for best utilization of the available resources. Inefficiency in hospitals serves as a good opportunity for resources mobilization or innovation in demand-creating interventions, thereby, regular evaluation of resources' distribution. Further research is required by applying frontier techniques of efficiency measurement.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
896-910Informations de copyright
© 2021 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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