Rating Hospital Performance in China: Review of Publicly Available Measures and Development of a Ranking System.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In China, significant emphasis and investment in health care reform since 2009 has brought with it increasing scrutiny of its public hospitals. Calls for greater accountability in the quality of hospital care have led to increasing attention toward performance measurement and the development of hospital ratings. Despite such interest, there has yet to be a comprehensive analysis of what performance information is publicly available to understand the performance of hospitals in China.

Objective

This study aims to review the publicly available performance information about hospitals in China to assess options for ranking hospital performance.

Methods

A review was undertaken to identify performance measures based on publicly available data. Following several r

SUBMITTER: Dong S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8277410 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature