Hospital Evaluation and Ranking by the Anderson-Peterson Method: A Case Study

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https://doi.org/10.22105/ahse.v2i1.32

Abstract

In this study, we evaluated the performance of various hospitals using a method known as Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). We collected indicators and data by researching in libraries and consulting directly with the hospitals. To analyze the data, we used the DEA SOLVER software. The findings revealed that all the hospitals examined showed high efficiency. After assessing the hospitals' efficiency, we used the Anderson-Peterson (AP) model to rank the most efficient units.

Keywords:

Performance evaluation, Hospital ranking, Data envelopment analysis, Anderson-Peterson model

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2025-03-20

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Vol. 2 No. 1 (2025): Annals of Healthcare Systems Engineering

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Abtahi, Z. . (2025). Hospital Evaluation and Ranking by the Anderson-Peterson Method: A Case Study. Annals of Healthcare Systems Engineering, 2(1), 47-56. https://doi.org/10.22105/ahse.v2i1.32

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