Title :
An Analysis of Operating Efficiency in Senior Citizen Welfare Institutions -- Application of Bounded-Variable and Meta-frontier Data Envelopment Analysis
Author :
Ching-Yu Chen ; Jwu Rong Lin ; Tso-Kwei Peng ; Ya-Han Yu
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Int. Bus., Tunghai Univ., Taichung, Taiwan
Abstract :
This research aims at studying the operating efficiency of senior citizen welfare institutions in Taiwan. We evaluate technical efficiency (TE), technology gap ratio (TGR), and meta-frontier technical efficiency (MTE) by bounded-variable and meta-frontier data envelopment analysis. In the empirical study, we examine 91 welfare institutes for senior citizens in Taiwan. We also apply Tobit regression to study influences of relevant factors on operating efficiency.
Keywords :
data envelopment analysis; geriatrics; health care; public administration; regression analysis; MTE; TGR; Tobit regression; bounded-variable analysis; meta-frontier data envelopment analysis; meta-frontier technical efficiency; senior citizen welfare institution; technology gap ratio; Accreditation; Data envelopment analysis; Digital signal processing; Personnel; Senior citizens; Standards; Bounded- variable and Meta-frontier Data Envelopment Analysis; Operating Efficiency; Senior Citizens Welfare Institution;
Conference_Titel :
Broadband and Wireless Computing, Communication and Applications (BWCCA), 2013 Eighth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Compiegne
DOI :
10.1109/BWCCA.2013.65
