TY - JOUR ID - 6113 TI - Hospital Performance Evaluation Using Pabon Lasso Analysis JO - International Journal of Hospital Research JA - IJHR LA - en SN - 2251-8940 AU - Masoumi, Gholamreza AU - Hoseini Kasnaviyeh, Mohamad AU - Taherizade, Alireza AU - Panahi, Mohamad AU - Najafi, Ebrahim AD - Department of Emergency Care, School of medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AD - Department of Health Care Management, School of Management, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran AD - Department of Health Care Management, School of Health, Tehran University of Medical sciences, Tehran, Iran AD - Department of Accounting , School of Accounting and Management, Allameh Tabatabee University, Tehran, Iran Y1 - 2014 PY - 2014 VL - 3 IS - 1 SP - 267 EP - 272 KW - Hospital management KW - Performance Assessment KW - Pabon Lasso Analysis KW - Average length of stay KW - Bed occupation rate KW - Bed turnover rate DO - N2 - Background and Objectives: Hospital is the largest and most costly operating unit of healthcare system. Provision of optimal care requires that hospital administrators identify hospital performance based on relevant indicators. This study used the Pabon Lasso analysis to assess the performance of hospitals and identify strategies towards an improved hospital performance.   Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study involved all the eight general hospitals affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Data on average length of stay, bed occupation and bed turnover rates were collected using questionnaire.   Findings: The overall average length of stay, bed occupation and bed turnover rates were 4.78 days, 79.95% and 28.36, respectively. One hospital demonstrated inefficiency and underutilization of resources by falling into Zone I, two hospitals located in Zone II, and five hospitals were placed in Zone IV. None of the hospitals were located in Zone III which represents a satisfactory level of efficiency.   Conclusions: The study showed the studied hospitals have generally low performance as indicated by Pabon Lasso analysis. The administrators should therefore seek a strategy for balancing average length of stay, bed occupation and bed turnover rates for an improved hospital performance. UR - https://ijhr.iums.ac.ir/article_6113.html L1 - https://ijhr.iums.ac.ir/article_6113_baa5bda3d4217c1f2bad095aa95e115b.pdf ER -