Exploration on Ways to Make Public Hospitals Economically Efficient / 中华医院管理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore ways to make public hospitals more economically efficient in compliant with existing health economic policies.Methods The concept Medicare Value Added(MVA)is proposed,and used as a benchmark in summarizing the economic management mechanism reforms in Dongyang People's Hospital during the past five years.Centering on MVA,this mechanism consists of the framework assurance,economic management organizational structure,management tools,ways of business growth,cost control,and financial management.Results During the past five years,the net state-owned assets of the hospital increased 100%,out-patients and emergency patients increased by 129 percent in number,in-patients,by 100%,while the average per capita payment of out-patients hasdropped from 1 57.86 yuan to 1 30.23 yuan,and that of in-patients has been kept as unchanged.Ratio of drugs to total income is maintained below 42%.Conclusions The management approach emphasizing MVA is effective in improving economic efficiency of public hospitals