Efficiency evaluation of China's heath resources allocation under medical expense control constraint / 中国卫生政策研究

ABSTRACT

Objective:The main objective of this study is to evaluate the efficiency of China's heath resources al-location during 2004 to 2015 under the constraint of medical expenses control. Methods:To evaluate the efficiency of China's heath resources allocation,the undesired output Slacks-Based Measure(SBM) model was used. Results:As per the findings of this study,the efficiency of heath resources allocation at the national and regional levels of the undesired output SBM model was significantly lower than that of the traditional CCR model during 2004 to 2015. The non-expec-ted output redundancy rate and expected output deficiency rate at the national and regional levels were much greater than the input redundancy rate of health resources allocation of the national and regional levels. In addition,with re-dundancy rate introduction,the losses of health resource allocation efficiency in different provinces within the region were not the same. Conclusions:The efficiency of China's heath resources allocation was overestimated by the tradition-al DEA model,which was less sensitive to the change in its characteristics..Giving priority to non-expected output re-dundancy and expected output deficiency are the main reasons for the loss of health resource allocation in china,and are considered as internal and external improvement priorities for the performance of health resource allocation. It was suggested to establish the performance evaluation system of health resource allocation,which includes the integration of health resources input,expected-output and non-expected output,and evaluation techniques;and a mechanism for per-formance assessment and evaluation,supervision and feedback of health resource allocation should be established;and improve the implication of regional medical and health planning policies.