Effectson physician performance on hospital financial performance

Performance is materialization degree of an aim. Performance shows where anorganization or individual reach for their aim. Performance is the total measurement thatincludes both qualitative and quantitative contributions to the organizations which they areconnected to. Therefore, the organization is directly effected by the individualperformance.The main purpose of the hospitals is to serve for people with the highest quality butthe lowest cost. Therefore; in order to reach this aim or in other word to provide thehighest quality with the lowest cost, hospitals should maintain physicians performance andfinancial performance successfully.The purpose of the study is to search for relationship between physicianperformance, and financial performance in the Ministry of Health hospitals. Otherpurposes of the study is to define the issue of performance and performance assessment,and performance assessment in healthcare managements, to explain what the financialperformance is , how it is measured, what the measures of the financial performance are,and to explain the importance of physician performance in the hospitals, how it ismeasured and what the methods used in the assessment of the physician performance are,what the criteria are in the assessment of the physician performance, and to point out howto develop a performance assessment process.In order to reach these purposes, years of 2008 of the Ministry of Health Hospitalsare used in this study. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) was used in measuring thephysician and financial performance. The data obtained by measuring the physician andfinancial performance of hospitals were analyzed by the appropriate statistical methods.As a result of this study, it pointed out that the financial indicators affect thefinancial performance. However, there was found no meaningful relationship statisticallybetween physician performance and financial performance.Key Words: Physician Performance, The definition of Performance and PerformanceAssessment, Financial Performance, and Financial Performance Ratios