Ozcan Y A, Cotter J J
Department of Health Administration, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298.
Gerontologist. 1994 Jun;34(3):363-70. doi: 10.1093/geront/34.3.363.
This study investigates the efficiency of Area Agencies on Aging using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Efficiency was calculated based on resources available and service units produced. Results demonstrated that extent of inefficiency in agencies and how efficiency of individual Area Agencies on Aging can be improved relative to their peer agencies. Analyses by organizational type, size, and rural-urban differences indicated governmental agencies and large agencies were more likely to be efficient. Rural agencies were about equally likely to be efficient as inefficient.
本研究运用数据包络分析（DEA）调查了老年事务地区机构的效率。效率是根据可用资源和所产生的服务单位来计算的。结果表明了各机构的无效率程度，以及相对于其同行机构而言，单个老年事务地区机构的效率如何得以提高。按组织类型、规模和城乡差异进行的分析表明，政府机构和大型机构更有可能具备效率。农村机构高效和低效的可能性大致相同。
