Efficiency characteristics and changes of county hospitals

VernacularTitle:县级医院效率特征及变动研究
Author: Xiaowan WANG ; Yueying CUI ; Ruihua FENG ; Jian LI ; Qing QIAN ; Meng LI
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: DEA model; County hospitals; Efficiency characteristics; Evaluation
From: Chinese Journal of Health Policy 2015;(6):13-20
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objectives:To study efficiency characteristics and changes of county hospitals based on data envel-opment analysis model from 2008 to 2012 . Methods:A three-stage DEA model which can exclude the external envi-ronment variable on its efficiency is also added along with the C2 R and BC2-DEA traditional model. Results: From 2008 to 2012, the technical efficiency value was ranging between 0. 723 and 0. 681 in county hospitals, the pure technical efficiency was 0 . 785~0 . 771 and the scale efficiency value scaled between 0 . 908 and 0 . 897 . These values showed a low efficiency, but had annually improved. This reflects that the new health care reform policies have played an important role in improving county hospitals efficiency. Development of medical service ability is behind the development of hospital scale. How to improve the service and management capabilities has gradually become a major direction to improve the county hospital efficiency.