Mahdi Mahdavi

Institute of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands

[ 1 ] - Technical Efficiency of Teaching Hospitals in Iran: The Use of Stochastic Frontier Analysis, 1999–2011

Background Hospitals are highly resource-dependent settings, which spend a large proportion of healthcare financial resources. The analysis of hospital efficiency can provide insight into how scarce resources are used to create health values. This study examines the Technical Efficiency (TE) of 12 teaching hospitals affiliated with Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) between 1999 and 2...

[ 2 ] - ارائه مدلی جهت پیش بینی بیماری دیابت با استفاده از شبکه عصبی

Introduction: Meta-heuristic and combined algorithms have a great capability in modelling medical decision making. This study used neural networks in order to predict Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) among high risk individuals. Methods: This study was   an applied research. Data from 545 individuals (diabetic and non-diabetic), in Diabetes Clinic of Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, we...