Evaluation of Economic Efficiencies of Veterinary Practices in Kars Province with Data Envelopment Analysis

Year 2024, Volume: 19 Issue: 2, 112 - 123, 30.08.2024

Erol Aydın , Can İsmail Zaman , Mehmet Küçükoflaz , Merve Ayyıldız Akın

https://doi.org/10.17094/vetsci.1455906

Abstract

This study was performed to determine the economic activity and profitability of veterinary practices operating in Kars province by using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). In this study, the 2023 data of 53.6% of veterinary practices operating in Kars province were obtained through a face-to-face survey. In the DEA applied to determine the economic efficiency of practices, input-oriented constant returns to scale (CCR) technique were used According to the study findings, 6.7% of the veterinarians participating in the survey were female, 93.3% were male, and 46.6% were aged between 25 and 29 years. It was observed that all the veterinarians participating in the research had been practicing their professional activities since the date of graduation, and the majority (73.3%) had 3-12 years of experience (graduate date 2011-2020). It was determined that 10% of the veterinarians participating in the survey received postgraduate education (master's degree with thesis and PhD). It was found that 30% of veterinarians opened a practice after working in a practice. According to the DEA results for economic efficiency, it was determined that 90% of the practices were active. As a result, when veterinary practices were evaluated in terms of efficiency, it was understood that rent, maintenance-repair, general administrative costs, and other costs must be reduced in order to make economically ineffective veterinary practices to effective.

Keywords

Kars, Practice, Economic Efficiency, Data Envelopment, Veterinarian

Kars İlindeki Veteriner Hekim Muayenehanelerinin Ekonomik Etkinliklerinin Veri Zarflama Analizi ile İncelenmesi

Abstract

Bu çalışma ile Kars ilinde faaliyet gösteren veteriner hekim muayenehanelerinin ekonomik aktiflik ve karlılık durumlarının Veri Zarflama Analizi (VZA) kullanılarak belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Çalışmada, Kars ilinde faaliyet gösteren veteriner hekim muayenehanelerinin %53,6’sının 2023 yılına ait verileri yüz yüze uygulanan anket ile elde edilmiştir. Muayenehanelerin ekonomik açıdan etkinliklerinin tespiti için uygulanan VZA’da girdi yönlü ölçeğe göre sabit getiri tekniği (CCR) kullanılmıştır. Çalışma bulgularına göre, ankete katılan veteriner hekimlerin %6,7’si kadın, %93.3’ü ise erkek olup, %46,6’sının 25-29 yaş aralığında olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Araştırmaya katılan veteriner hekimlerin mezuniyet tarihinden itibaren tamamının meslek faaliyetlerini icra ettiği görülmüş ve çoğunluğunun (%73,3) 3-12 yıllık (mezuniyet tarihi 2011-2020) tecrübeye sahip olduğu saptanmıştır. Ankete katılan veteriner hekimlerin %10’unun lisansüstü eğitimi (tezli yüksek lisans ve doktora) aldığı tespit edilmiştir. Veteriner hekimlerin %30’unun daha önce bir muayenehanede çalıştıktan sonra muayenehane açtığı görülmüştür. Ekonomik etkinlik için yapılan VZA sonuçlarına göre muayenehanelerin %90’nın aktif olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Sonuç olarak işletmeler etkinlik yönünden değerlendirildiğinde, ekonomik yönden etkin olmayan işletmelerin etkin olabilmesi için kira, bakım-onarım, genel idare giderleri ve diğer giderlerin azaltması gerektiği anlaşılmaktadır.

Keywords

Kars, muayenehane, ekonomik etkinlik, veri zarflama, veteriner hekim

Ethical Statement

Ethical Statement This study was approved by the Kafkas University Non-Interventional Clinical Research Ethics Committee (Approval date and number: 29.09.2023 and 8/123).

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