Measuring efficiency of public hospitals under the impact of Covid-19: the case of Türkiye

• Published in: Cost effectiveness and resource allocation Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 1 - 12
• Main Authors: Sülkü, Seher Nur, Mortaş, Alper, Küçük, Aziz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BioMed Central Ltd 25.09.2023; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Analysis; Care and treatment; Clinics; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 vaccines; Curfews; Disease transmission; Efficiency; Emergency medical care; Expenditures; Health care; Health care reform; Health policy; Hospital efficiency; Hospitals; Hospitals, Public; Immunization; Intensive care; Measurement; Medical equipment; Medical personnel; Medical policy; Outpatient care facilities; Pandemics; Patient admissions; Patient satisfaction; Patients; Stochastic frontier analysis; Telemedicine; Türkiye; Portugal; Turkey

The Covid-19 pandemic has had serious medical, administrative and financial effects on the health system and hospitals around the world. In Türkiye, compared to 2019 realizations, in 2020 and 2021 respectively there were 39% and 21% decrease in the number of outpatient services and 29% and 17% decli...