Conclusions: The features of frontier-based techniques had a profound impact on the efficiency scores among Iranian hospital studies.

Larger sample size was associated with reporting lower TE. The results of OLS regression revealed that studies that included more variables and more heterogeneous hospitals generally reported higher TE. The reviewed studies are generally similar and suffer from similar methodological deficiencies, such as no adjustment for case mix and quality of care differences. There were no differences in efficiency scores between data envelopment analysis (DEA) and stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) techniques. There was a considerable variation in the efficiency scores between the different studies performed in Iran. The pooled estimate of mean TE was 0.846 (☐.134). Data envelopment analysis was the principal frontier efficiency method in the estimation of efficiency scores. Results: A total of 43 efficiency scores from 29 studies were retrieved and used to approach the research question.

The PRISMA guidelines were followed in the search process. Ordinary least squares (OLS) regression models were applied for statistical analysis. Methods: Persian and English databases were searched for studies related to measuring hospital efficiency in Iran.

The main objective of this paper was to review studies in the field of hospital efficiency and examine the estimated technical efficiency (TE) of Iranian hospitals. Frontier-based techniques in measuring hospital efficiency in Iran: a systematic review and meta-regression analysisĪliasghar A Kiadaliri1,2,3*, Mehdi Jafari4 and Ulf-G Gerdtham1,3,5īackground: In recent years, there has been growing interest in measuring the efficiency of hospitals in Iran and several studies have been conducted on the topic.

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