Study on the Efficiency of Public Hospitals' Medical Service and Its Influencing Factors in Tianjin

VernacularTitle:天津市公立医院医疗服务效率及其影响因素研究
Author: Yan TU
Keywords: public hospital; medical service efficiency; data evelopment analysis; influencing factors; Tobit model; Tianjin
From: Chinese Health Economics 2017;36(2):65-69
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective:To analyze the efficiency of 77 public hospitals' medical services and influencing factors in Tianjin.Methods:Using DEA method to measure the hospitals' medical service efficiency,establishing Tobit regression model to analyze the influencing factors of public hospitals medical service efficiency.Results:The overall efficiency of Tianjin public hospitals was low,most hospitals were not reasonable in the size,the significant influencing factors of Tianjin public hospitals' medical service efficiency including the per capita physician outpatient,the proportion of senior technical staffs,hospital gearing ratio,drug-income ratio and average fee per patient.Conclusion:Increasing the per capita physician outpatient and the proportion of senior technical staff could significantly enhance the overall technical efficiency,while decreasing the gearing ratio and the average fee of per patient were also beneficial to improve hospital efficiency.