In Section 5.1 data envelopment analysis was used to evaluate the relative efficiencies of four hospitals. Data for three input measures and four output measures were provided in Tables 1 and 2.
ANNUAL RESOURCES CONSUMED (INPUTS) BY THE FOUR HOSPITALS

ANNUAL SERVICES PROVIDED (OUTPUTS) BY THE FOUR HOSPITALS

a. Use these data to develop a linear programming model that could be used to evaluate the performance of General Hospital.
b. The following solution is optimal. Does the solution indicate that General Hospital is relatively inefficient?
Objective Function Value = 1.000

c. Explain which hospital or hospitals make up the composite unit used to evaluate General Hospital andwhy.

Hospital Input Measure Full-time equivalent nonphysicians 285.20 Supply expense ($1000s) Bed-days available (1000s) General University County State 275.70 21040 34850 154.10 104.04 162.30 123.80 106.72 128.70 64.21 10410 Hospital Output Measure Medicare patient-days (1000s) Non-Medicare patient-days (1000s) Nurses trained Interns trained nera University 48.14 43.10 County 3462 27.11 36.72 45.98 State 33.16 56.46 253 148 175 160 27 23 84 Variable WG WU wC WS Value 1.000 1.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Reduced Costs 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.331 0.215