EFFICIENCY IN HEALTH CARE DELIVERY
A DEA ANALYSIS OF HOSPITALS AT THE SECONDARY HEALTH CARE LEVEL IN PLATEAU STATE, NIGERIA
1Davwar, Philemon Polycarp; 2 Adelaiye, Peter O. and 3Nathan, Nachandiya
1&2Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Federal Polytechnic Idah, Kogi State.
3Department of Statistics and Operations Research, Federal University of Technology, Yola
E-mail: ppdavwar@yahoo.com
ABSTRACT
Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) has evolved into one of the most efficient tools for analysis of resource utilization in most systems. The operations of hospitals at the secondary health care level was analysed using DEA. Data on hospital operations were collected and analyzed using DEA EXCEL Solver add-in Zhu (2003). Benchmark and target analyses were also carried out. The results show a generally poor performance for the hospitals at this level. The target analyses show that most hospitals would have done better without a Medical Doctor. The study therefore recommends among others, a DEA analysis involving value judgment for this and similar cases.