Measuring The Impact Of Innovations On Efficiency In Complex Hospital Settings

• Authors: Petra Došenović Bonća , Maks Tajnikar
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this paper the authors propose an approach for measuring the impact of innovations on hospital efficiency. The suggested methodology can be applied to any type of innovation, including technology-based innovations, as well as consumer-focused and business model innovations. The authors apply the proposed approach to measure the impact of transcanalicular diode laser-assisted dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR), i.e. an innovation introduced in the surgical procedure for treating a tear duct blockage, on the efficiency of general hospitals in Slovenia. They demonstrate that the impact of an innovation on hospital efficiency depends not only on the features of the studied innovation but also on the characteristics of hospitals adopting the innovation and their external environment represented by a set of comparable hospitals.

Keywords

EN

healthcare; innovation; hospital processes; hospital efficiency; production-possibility frontier; Data Envelopment Analysis; I10; O30

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: South East European Journal of Economics and Business
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 45-54

Dates

published

2015-12-01

online

2016-01-13

Contributors

author

Petra Došenović Bonća

• University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics

author

Maks Tajnikar

• University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/jeb-2015-0011