Objectives: This paper seeks to detect, in the Spanish health system, which services are efficient, and not, as well propose corrective measures that allow inefficient achieve efficiency. Methods: applies Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) methodology, allows obtaining natural managerial efficiencies, deviations from units relation efficient ones proposing imply only budgetary (natural) modificati...

Optimum use of resources in crop production is crucial for reducing costs and getting higher profits. Lentil farmers are traditionally using different inputs without considering their efficient levels. Hence, the present study estimated productivities various lentil varieties measured resource efficiency production. The analyzed 360 household data collected from 240 improved variety users 120 l...

background: assessment of hospitals’ performance in achieving its goals is a basic necessity. measuring the efficiency of hospitals in order to boost resource productivity in healthcare organizations is extremely important. the aim of this study was to measure technical efficiency and determining status of resource allocation in some university hospitals, in tehran, iran.   methods : this study...

intercropping is one of the management methods for crop production and leads to improvement of resource absorption and use by plants. based on this purpose the present field study was conducted to evaluate radiation absorption and uses efficiency in corn and bean strip intercropping at the farm of the faculty of agriculture, ferdowsi university of mashhad, iran during 2009. the experiment was s...

improving the resource use efficiency in agro- ecosystems is an importantfactor for reducing environmental pollution. to evaluate phosphorus (p) efficiency andbalance indicators, research was conducted in wheat and saffron production systems inthe qaenat region (south khorasan province, iran) during 2011 and 2012, based on themethod of the organization for economic co-operation and development ...

unsustainable harvesting of agricultural water resources in the province of kerman, has caused an annual average of one-meter drop in ground water levels. surface irrigation methods in pistachio trees have low efficiency because of inherent characteristics and its incorrect application, as well as low access to water resource in pistachio regions. therefore under the current critical condition,...