Empirical Analysis the Competitive Effects of Profit-making Hospitals / 中国卫生经济
Chinese Health Economics
;
(12): 73-75, 2014.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-443571
ABSTRACT
Objective:
From the two prospective of hospital quantity and hospital market shares, to analyze the influences of profitmaking hospital’s competition on medical expenses and medical quality.Methods:
The sample of provincial panel data from 2003 to 2011 is used, the fixed effect model is applied.Conclusion:
For the competitive effect, the expanding of relative scale of profit-making hospitals increased outpatient expenses and reduced hospitalization expenses; for the quality effectiveness, the expand of relative scale of profit -hospitals improved the quality of outpatient service; the simple increase of the quantity of profit -making hospitals had no significant influences on medical expenses and quality of medical care.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Health Economics
Year:
2014
Type:
Article
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