Accounting for Efficiency: Productivity Assessment of Merged Hospitals in Portugal Using DEA–Malmquist Analysis
This study analyses the effects of public hospital mergers in Portugal, particularly the creation of hospital centers, on productivity levels. Grounded in the theoretical frameworks of New Public Management and Efficiency Theory, a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach, combined with the Malmquis...
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| description | This study analyses the effects of public hospital mergers in Portugal, particularly the creation of hospital centers, on productivity levels. Grounded in the theoretical frameworks of New Public Management and Efficiency Theory, a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach, combined with the Malmquist Productivity Index, was used to evaluate performance. Results for the 2013–2015 period show no statistically significant difference in productivity levels between merged hospitals (hospital centers) and non-merged hospitals (hospital units). However, for hospitals merged in 2007, there is evidence of significant productivity gains in the post-merger period (2008–2014). These findings partially support the assumptions of New Public Management and Efficiency Theory concerning efficiency improvements through hospital mergers in the public sector. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9cfac0c6515b4d27a5d8da9ad15cf5a92025-08-20T03:26:57ZengMDPI AGWorld2673-40602025-05-01626910.3390/world6020069Accounting for Efficiency: Productivity Assessment of Merged Hospitals in Portugal Using DEA–Malmquist AnalysisNatália Maria Pereira Macedo0Anabela Martins Silva1Amélia Silva2School of Economics and Management, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, PortugalSchool of Economics and Management, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, PortugalCEOS.PP, Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto, Polytechnic of Porto, Rua Jaime Lopes Amorim, s/n, 4465-004 Matosinhos, PortugalThis study analyses the effects of public hospital mergers in Portugal, particularly the creation of hospital centers, on productivity levels. Grounded in the theoretical frameworks of New Public Management and Efficiency Theory, a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach, combined with the Malmquist Productivity Index, was used to evaluate performance. Results for the 2013–2015 period show no statistically significant difference in productivity levels between merged hospitals (hospital centers) and non-merged hospitals (hospital units). However, for hospitals merged in 2007, there is evidence of significant productivity gains in the post-merger period (2008–2014). These findings partially support the assumptions of New Public Management and Efficiency Theory concerning efficiency improvements through hospital mergers in the public sector.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4060/6/2/69Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)hospital mergersMalmquist indexproductivitypublic hospitals |
| spellingShingle | Natália Maria Pereira Macedo Anabela Martins Silva Amélia Silva Accounting for Efficiency: Productivity Assessment of Merged Hospitals in Portugal Using DEA–Malmquist Analysis World Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) hospital mergers Malmquist index productivity public hospitals |
| title | Accounting for Efficiency: Productivity Assessment of Merged Hospitals in Portugal Using DEA–Malmquist Analysis |
| title_full | Accounting for Efficiency: Productivity Assessment of Merged Hospitals in Portugal Using DEA–Malmquist Analysis |
| title_fullStr | Accounting for Efficiency: Productivity Assessment of Merged Hospitals in Portugal Using DEA–Malmquist Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Accounting for Efficiency: Productivity Assessment of Merged Hospitals in Portugal Using DEA–Malmquist Analysis |
| title_short | Accounting for Efficiency: Productivity Assessment of Merged Hospitals in Portugal Using DEA–Malmquist Analysis |
| title_sort | accounting for efficiency productivity assessment of merged hospitals in portugal using dea malmquist analysis |
| topic | Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) hospital mergers Malmquist index productivity public hospitals |
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