Author/Authors :
Aeenparast, Afsoon Health Metrics Research Center - Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research - Academic Center for Education - Culture and Research, Tehran , Farzadi, Faranak Health Metrics Research Center - Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research - Academic Center for Education - Culture and Research, Tehran , Maftoon, Farzaneh Health Metrics Research Center - Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research - Academic Center for Education - Culture and Research, Tehran , Zandian, Hamed Department of Public Health - School of Health - Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil , Rezaei Yazdeli, Mehdi Office of Vice-chancellor for Economic Affairs and Planning - Social Security Organization, Tehran
Abstract :
Hospitals’ bed productivity has a remarkable effect on health system performance. The Pabon Lasso Model
(PLM) is a useful tool for evaluation of inpatient beds performance and there is a growing trend in use of this
technique in hospital performance evaluation. The aim of this study is to review the literature on PLM to gain
insight into quality the results of these studies. By adopting a systematic review style, the full text of a total of
29 documents on the topic was reviewed. While in 81.3% (n=26) of the documents Pabon Lasso diagram has
been represented complete and correctly, the results of a large fraction of the reviewed studies (59.6%) was
limited to identifying the status of the hospitals in question the Pabon Lasso chart, without further analysis
of the chart in the context of hospital resources. Our study hence recommends that future studies can draw
further useful implications from the PLM model by focusing more on the interpretation of the results in the
practical context of hospital management.
