Abstract
Abstract We consider the measurement of multi-factor productivity (in three or four output dimensions) via a multiple output production function (data envelopment analysis) study of data published in the New South Wales Public Hospitals Comparison Data Book 1994/95. Four measured outputs are considered: Non and sub-acute inpatient bed days; total acute AN-DRG weight; occasions of (outpatient) service; and teaching activity as represented by Salaried Medical Staff. The input is Total Expenses. The setting consists of the one hundred and eighty-five public hospitals in New South Wales at which the majority of patients are receiving acute care. Average efficiency estimates are evaluated for nine hospital peer group types, and then each group is further disaggregated by budget size. Membership of a hospital peer group is determined by the level of services provided, the complexity of the hospital's case mix, and locality type. We note a generally decreasing (perceived) relative efficiency measure as we go away from the larger metropolitan referral hospitals to the smaller community acute hospital peer groups.
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