We identified three categories of input: capital investments (Beds), labor (FTE), operating expenses. MethodsĪ nonparametric approach-that is, multistage data envelopment analysis (DEA)-was applied to a sample of 43 hospitals. To achieve this aim, the study used secondary data from the Veneto region for the years 20. The objective of this study was to assess public hospital efficiency, including quality outputs, inefficiency determinants, and changes to efficiency over time, in an Italian region.