What makes the hospitalisation system more efficient? An application of the decomposition method to Hong Kong morbidity data.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the efficiency of the Hong Kong hospitalisation system based on hospitalisation days.

Design

Retrospective study.

Setting

Hospitalisation data (2000-2010) for all government-funded hospitals in Hong Kong.

Population

Hospitalisation data for the entire Hong Kong population (7.0 million in 2011).

Methods

A decomposition method was used to determine the effects on total hospitalisation days during the period 2000-2010 of the following three factors: (i) hospitalisation rate per person; (ii) the number of visits per patient; and (iii) the mean duration of stay per visit.

Main outcome measures

The decomposition method provides empirical measures of how the three factors contributed to the change in total hospitalisation days during

SUBMITTER: Yip PS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3948574 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature