Consider a group of three hospitals. To simplify matters, assume that each hospital “converts” two inputs into three different outputs. (In a real DEA, there are typically many more inputs and...

Consider a group of three hospitals. To simplify matters, assume that each hospital “converts” two inputs into three different outputs. (In a real DEA, there are typically many more inputs and outputs.) The two inputs used by each hospital are

Objective To develop an LP spreadsheet model, using the DEA methodology, to determine whether each hospital is efficient in terms of using its inputs to produce its outputs.