Analysis of the Economic Operation Status and Efficiency of Village Clinics in Jiangsu Province
- VernacularTitle:江苏省村卫生室经济运行状况及效率分析
- Author:
Lijian TANG
1
;
Changqing WANG
1
Author Information
1. 南京医科大学医政学院 江苏 南京 211166;江苏省健康研究院 江苏 南京 211166
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
village clinic;
economic operation status;
efficiency;
analysis;
Jiangsu
- From:
Chinese Health Economics
2025;44(7):94-97
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To analyze the economic operation and efficiency of village clinics in Jiangsu Province,explore the issues and put forward the countermeasures.Methods:Descriptive statistic method was applied to analyze the income,expenditure and balance of village clinics.Malmquist index was applied to analyze the input-output efficiency of village clinics from 2013 to 2022.Results:The proportion of medical income to total income of village clinics decreased continuously from 2016 to 2022 in Jiangsu province.The proportion of medical income to total income was 56.34%in 2022.The proportion of drug income to medical income was 75.77%.The average subsidy from the superiors per institution was 71 800 yuan in 2022.The proportion of personnel expenditure to total expenditure of village clinics was 49.24%in 2022,and per capita personnel expenditure was 41 500 yuan.The income-expenditure balance of drugs declined continuously from 2016 to 2020.The average income-expenditure balance per village clinic was 15 600 yuan in 2022.The Malmquist index results showed that the average value of Total Factor Productivity(TFP)index of village clinics in Jiangsu was 0.992 from 2013 to 2022 in Jiangsu province.The value of TFP index of 8 village clinics was less than 1.0 in eight cities.Conclusions:The proportion of drug income to medical income was high.The personnel funds were relatively low in village clinics.The average income-expenditure balance of village clinics was insufficient.The input-output efficiency of village clinics was low in some regions.It is needed to further improve the compensation mechanism of income,increase the financial subsidies and improve the service ability and service level of village clinics.
