Table 1 Summary of the reviewed studies’ characteristics
No. | Study | Publication year | Country | No. of hospitals | Inputs | Outputs | Methods of analysis | Second-stage | Quality (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Yusefzadeh et al. [26] | 2013 | Iran | 23 | Bed, doctor, health personnel | Outpatients, occupied day bed | DEA | NA | 75 |
2 | Ahmadkiadaliri et al. [27] | 2011 | Iran | 19 | Physician, specialist, nurses and others. bed | Outpatient, inpatients days, surgeries, BOR | DEA | NA | 83 |
3 | Helal and Elimam [28] | 2017 | Saudi Arabia | 270 | Bed, doctors, nurses, other personnel | Outpatient, inpatients, No radiology, laboratory, | DEA | NA | 67 |
4 | Gok and Sezen [29] | 2013 | Turkey | 348 | Bed, specialist physicians, non-SP. physicians | BUR, BTR, surgery, births, outpatient inpatient days, discharge. | DEA | Logit regression analysis, correlation, mean difference. | 92 |
5 | Gok and Altindag [30] | 2015 | Turkey | 251 | Specialized physicians, non-sp. physicians, bed | BUR, BTR, surgery, births, outpatient inpatient days, discharge. | DEA, MPI | correlations, mean differences | 92 |
6 | Hatam et al. [31] | 2010 | Iran | 21 | Bed, physicians. Nurses, other personnel | BOR, bed, patient admissions, OBD, ALS, BTR | DEA, MPI | NA | 62 |
7 | Mehrtak et al. [32] | 2014 | Iran | 18 | Bed, physician, nurse, other professionals | Surgeries, discharges, BOR | DEA, Pabon Lasso | NA | 77 |
8 | Kalhor et al. [33] | 2016 | Iran | 54 | Doctors, nurses, medical personnel, beds. | Patients days, outpatient, surgery, ALS. | DEA | Group comparison | 85 |
9 | Rezaee and Karimdadi [34] | 2015 | Iran | 288 | Health personals, equipment, bed | Inpatient, outpatient, special patients, bed, BOR | DEA | NA | 42 |
10 | Shahhoseini et al. [35] | 2011 | Iran | 12 | Physician, nurse, other staff, bed | inpatient days, ALS, BOR, outpatient, operations | DEA | NA | 75 |
11 | Ozgen Narci et al. [36] | 2015 | Turkey | 1103 | Bed, specialist, general doctor, nurse, and other employees. | Discharges, day-care, surgeries, outpatient, emergency care | DEA | Multivariate Tobit regression | 69 |
12 | Sahin and Ozcan [37] | 2000 | Turkey | 80 | Bed, specialist, general doctor, nurse, others, revolving expenditure | Outpatient, discharged, hospital mortality rate | DEA | Mean difference | 75 |
13 | Sahin et al. [38] | 2011 | Turkey | 352 | Bed, physician, nurses, others, operational expenses. | Outpatient, Inpatient, surgeries | DEA, MPI | NA | 77 |
14 | Jandaghi et al. [39] | 2010 | Iran | 8 | Physicians, nurse, paramedics, administrative, hospital costs | Outpatient, emergency client, bed day | DEA | NA | 58 |
15 | Farzianpour et al. [40] | 2012 | Iran | 16 | Physicians, nurses, beds | Inpatients, outpatient, ALS | DEA | NA | 50 |
16 | Atilgan and Caliskan [41] | 2015 | Turkey | 332 | Physician price, ancillary price, administrative price, capital price | Outpatient, inpatient | SFA | Translog cost function specifications. Generalization assessment. | 77 |
17 | Atilgan [42] | 2016 | Turkey | 429 | Physician, ancillary, administrative staff, bed | Outpatient | SFA | Restricted and unrestricted effect of Cobb–Douglas and Translog model specifications. Correlation | 92 |
18 | Atilgan [43] | 2016 | Turkey | 459 | Physician, ancillary, administrative staff, bed | Inpatient discharge, patient days | SFA | DISCH and PATDAY model specification, correlations. | 85 |
19 | Sheikhzadeh et al. [44] | 2012 | Iran | 11 | Specialist physician, general professionals (physician, nurses, residents, medical team), support staff and non-medical teams, bed | Emergency patients, outpatient, inpatient | DEA | Multiple linear regression, correlation | 75 |
20 | Mahate et al. [45] | 2016 | United Arab Emirates | 96 | Physician, dentist, nurse, midwife, pharmacist, AHP, administrator, other, bed | Inpatient, outpatient, ALS | DEA | Correlation analysis | 83 |
21 | Abou El-Seoud [46] | 2013 | Saudi Arabia | 20 | Specialist, nurse, allied health, bed | Outpatient, inpatient, laboratory, radiology | DEA | NA | 58 |
22 | Ramakrishnan [47] | 2005 | Oman | 20 | Bed, doctor, other professionals. | Outpatient, inpatient, major, minor surgical procedures | DEA, MPI | Mean comparison | 62 |