Conclusions
Although the average economic efficiency of the diagnostic laboratories
of the studied hospitals was high, there is still an increase in the
efficiency of these units given the cost of inputs at the time of
allocating resources. In addition, it is possible to improve the
technical efficiency of the clinical laboratories of hospitals
affiliated with UUMS by 48.1% by applying the same level of inputs and
without increasing the costs.
Key Words : hospital, diagnostic laboratory, Stochastic Frontier
Analysis, economic efficiency