Can integrated care improve the efficiency of hospitals? Research based on 200 Hospitals in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The shift towards integrated care (IC) represents a global trend towards more comprehensive and coordinated systems of care, particularly for vulnerable populations, such as the elderly. When health systems face fiscal constraints, integrated care has been advanced as a potential solution by simultaneously improving health service effectiveness and efficiency. This paper addresses the latter. There are three study objectives: first, to compare efficiency differences between IC and non-IC hospitals in China; second, to examine variations in efficiency among different types of IC hospitals; and finally, to explore whether the implementation of IC impacts hospital efficiency.

Methods

This study uses Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to calculate efficiency scores among

SUBMITTER: Peng Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8456592 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature