This study proposes an innovative two-sta-ge approach, using Data Envelopment Analysis and Biplot, to evaluate the techni-cal efficiency of 30 academic departments a Chilean university, identify main factors affecting their performan-ces. Public higher education worldwide is under growing pressure increase improve quality edu-cation with limited governmental funds given state-owned universities...

one of the most applicable methods to measure efficiency is using data envelopment analysis (dea) models. dea measures efficiency for some homogenous units (units with the same inputs and outputs) and determines efficient and non-efficient units. since the evaluated efficiency for each unit is a relative value, it is clear that each unit tries to improve its performance and preserve (or even im...

Abstract Introduction: In every country, educational systems are regarded as the axes of development. Therefore, evaluating different academic departments as the main parts of educational systems is one of the most important responsibilities for university managers and authorities This study aimed at evaluating educational performance of all departments at the School of Health, a University of...

The general practitioner working in his consulting room or his patient's home has a strictly limited range of diagnostic facilities available to supplement his clinical skills and experience. As long ago as 1946 the Annual Representative Meeting of the British Medical Association recommended that wherever possible, hospital departments of pathology and radiology should give direct access facili...

BACKGROUND Clinicians, nurses, and managers in hospitals are continuously confronted by new technologies and methods that require changes to working practice. Quality systems can help to manage change while maintaining a high quality of care. A new model of quality systems inspired by the works of Donabedian has three factors: structure (resources and administration), process (culture and profe...

conclusion the use of ahp method can be promising for fostering the evaluation method and subsequently promotion of the efficiency and effectiveness of the radiology departments. the present model can fill in the gap in the accreditation system of the country’s hospitals in respect with ranking and comparing them considering the significance and value of each individual criteria and standard. a...

Background and Objectives: Emergency departments often encounter several risk and health issues which significantly impact on overall healthcare performance. Resilience engineering (RE) enables emergency departments to confront sudden changes and handling health risk issues. Patient trust (PT) is also one of the most effective factors which improve quality of care along with pa...