Background and aim: Approximately 85% of Iranian hospitals are general hospitals. Considering the limitation of resourses, improvement of the hospital efficiency is an absolute necessity. Efficiency, as the output-input ratio, indicates use of the lowest amount of inputs to produce the greatest amount of outputs. The aim of this study was to determine the efficiency of general hospitals in Iran and identification of the factors affecting efficiency of the hospitals.
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Mosadeghrad et al. (2021) studied this question.