Measuring Productivity and Relative Efficiency of Public Tertiary Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospitals in Hubei, China

Improving the productivity and relative efficiency of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) hospitals is pivotal for hospital managers and policymakers to optimize the utilization of TCM resources in China. This study aimed to measure the productivity and relative efficiency of public tertiary TCM hosp...

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Published in:Inquiry (Chicago) 2023-01, Vol.60, p.469580231190576-469580231190576
Main Authors: Liu, Xinliang, Jia, Changli, Cheng, Jiahui, Wang, Xin, Wang, Quan, Li, Hao
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bias
Changes
Chinese medicine
COVID-19
Data envelopment analysis
Decomposition
Efficiency
Health services
Hospital Management in China
Hospitals
Knowledge utilization
Medical personnel
Medicine
Patients
Policy making
Productivity
Statistical significance
Technological progress
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Summary:Improving the productivity and relative efficiency of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) hospitals is pivotal for hospital managers and policymakers to optimize the utilization of TCM resources in China. This study aimed to measure the productivity and relative efficiency of public tertiary TCM hospitals in Hubei Province. The input and output indicators data were extracted from the Health Commission of Hubei Province (HCHP) from 2019 to 2021. The Bootstrap-Malmquist-DEA model was employed to measure the productivity and relative efficiency of the hospitals. The statistical significance was set at P 
ISSN:0046-9580
1945-7243
DOI:10.1177/00469580231190576