The efficiency of clinical laboratories: the case of Kerman province.

IF 1.7 4区医学 Q3 HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation Pub Date : 2024-08-06 DOI:10.1186/s12962-024-00564-x

Zohreh Shaker, Zainab Shaker, Mohsen Barouni, Asma Sabermahani

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Abstract

Background: Medical diagnostic laboratories are an essential work environment that plays an important role in diagnosing, treating, and being sensitive to diseases. One way to evaluate laboratories' performance is to calculate their efficiency. This study investigates the efficiency of laboratories that are related to health centers in the south of Iran.

Methods: This study was conducted in 2021. The input numbers include: the number of technical personnel and the number of cell counters, and the output data includes: the scores obtained from the level 2 health laboratory evaluation list. And efficiency was calculated with DEAP software. The analysis is accomplished by the assumption of input-oriented.

Findings: The efficiency of laboratories of Orzueeyeh and Ravar Cities had the highest efficiency with the assumption of variable returns to scale efficiency 1, and the model of all laboratories is the laboratory of Ravar City. The laboratories of Kuhbanan and Rabor cities had the lowest efficiency with the assumption of variable returns to scale efficiency of 0.859 and 0.899, respectively. The average scale efficiency, Variable returns to scale, and constant returns to scale for laboratories in the cities of Kerman province are 0.842, 0.943, and 0.895, respectively.

Conclusions: To increase the efficiency of laboratories, significant resources and funds should be used, as well as few studies have been done on the efficiency of laboratories, which requires more attention.

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临床实验室的效率：克尔曼省的案例。

背景：医学诊断实验室是一个重要的工作环境，在诊断、治疗和敏感疾病方面发挥着重要作用。评估实验室绩效的一种方法是计算其效率。本研究调查了伊朗南部卫生中心相关实验室的效率：本研究于 2021 年进行。输入数据包括：技术人员数量和细胞计数器数量，输出数据包括：从二级卫生实验室评估清单中获得的分数。效率用 DEAP 软件计算。分析是在以投入为导向的假设下完成的：在规模收益可变效率为 1 的假设条件下，Orzueeyeh 市和 Ravar 市的实验室效率最高，所有实验室中效率最高的是 Ravar 市的实验室。在规模效率可变回报假设下，库赫巴南市和拉博尔市的实验室效率最低，分别为 0.859 和 0.899。克尔曼省各市实验室的平均规模效率、可变规模收益和不变规模收益分别为 0.842、0.943 和 0.895：要提高实验室的效率，需要动用大量的资源和资金，而且对实验室效率的研究还很少，这需要更多的关注。

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Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES-

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3.40

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4.30%

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审稿时长

34 weeks

期刊介绍： Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation is an Open Access, peer-reviewed, online journal that considers manuscripts on all aspects of cost-effectiveness analysis, including conceptual or methodological work, economic evaluations, and policy analysis related to resource allocation at a national or international level. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation is aimed at health economists, health services researchers, and policy-makers with an interest in enhancing the flow and transfer of knowledge relating to efficiency in the health sector. Manuscripts are encouraged from researchers based in low- and middle-income countries, with a view to increasing the international economic evidence base for health.