Improving managerial decisions in health care sector: application of Promethee II method I n public hospitals

Abstract

Problems related to lack of financial stability of hospitals, which have a negative impact on the development of health care, gave rise to the need of implementing appropriate effectiveness measurement methods. Thus, the aim of this article is to assess the functioning of public hospitals in Poland between the years 2007-2017. The analysis is based on data reflecting the financial and organisational sphere of individual 321 public hospitals, divided into groups, according to their founding body, in the same time span. The Promethee II method in conjunction with the Balanced Scorecard methodology was implemented. The study allowed not only to distinguish groups of hospitals with the highest level of effectiveness as compared to the group under study, but also to identify the criteria that are most important in shaping it. The application of Promethee II gave the opportunity to assess the functioning of hospitals, as well as to compare their results with the results of leaders.