Resource allocation efficiency in 68 county-level traditional Chinese medicine hospitals in China: a data envelopment analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Analysing and evaluating how efficiently health resources are allocated to county-level Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) hospitals in Zhejiang Province, this study aims to provide empirical evidence for improving operational efficiency and optimising resource allocation in these hospitals.

Design and setting

The study employed a three-stage Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model to assess efficiency, using data from 68 county-level TCM hospitals. Four input and five output variables related to TCM services were selected for the analysis.

Results

The first-stage DEA results indicated that in 2022, the technical efficiency (TE) of TCM hospitals in Zhejiang Province was 0.788, the pure technical efficiency (PTE) was 0.876 and the scale efficiency (SE) was 0.90

SUBMITTER: Xiao X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11529701 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature