Heterogeneous effects of hospital competition on inpatient quality: an analysis of five common diseases in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many countries has introduced pro-competition policies in the delivery of healthcare to improve medical quality, including China. With the increasing intensity of competition in China's healthcare market, there are rising concerns among policymakers about the impact of hospital competition on quality. This study investigated heterogeneous effects of hospital competition on inpatient quality.

Methods

We analyzed the inpatient discharge dataset and selected chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), ischemic stroke, pneumonia, hemorrhagic stroke, and acute myocardial infarction (AMI) as representative diseases. A total of 561,429 patients in Sichuan Province in 2017 and 2019 were included. The outcomes of interest were in-hospital mortality and 30-day unplanned r

SUBMITTER: Lu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11344417 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature