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

fYear

2013

fDate

28-30 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

372

Lastpage

377

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Broadband and Wireless Computing, Communication and Applications (BWCCA), 2013 Eighth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Compiegne

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BWCCA.2013.65

Filename

6690913