On the efficiency of public, welfare and private hospitals in Germany over time: a sectoral data envelopment analysis study.
On the efficiency of public, welfare and private hospitals in Germany over time: a sectoral data envelopment analysis study.
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DOI：
10.1258/0951484011912762
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发表时间：
2001-11-01
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2.1
通讯作者：
Lapsley, I
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作者：
Helmig, B;Lapsley, I
本文使用德国联邦医院统计局的数据，考察了德国医院部门随着时间的推移的效率，以及公立、福利(非营利)和私立(营利性)医院部门的相对效率。使用数据包络分析计算有效率分数。1991年至1996年期间，医院部门整体的绝对效率有所提高。在这一比较中，实证结果表明，公立和福利部门的医院相对比私立医院更有效率。我们的结果表明，公立、福利和私立医院部门的最佳实践边界不同；公立和福利医院部门似乎比私立医院使用的资源相对较少。这些结果表明，由于所有权的原因，护理质量存在差异。
This paper examines the efficiency of the German hospital sector over time and the relative efficiency of public, welfare (both nonprofit) and private (for-profit) hospital sectors using data from the Federal Statistics Office of German hospitals. Efficiency scores were computed using data envelopment analysis. The absolute efficiency of the hospital sector as a whole was found to have improved between 1991 and 1996. In this comparison, the empirical results showed that the hospitals in the public and welfare sector are relatively more efficient than private hospitals. Our results suggest that public, welfare and private hospital sectors have different best-practice frontiers; and that public and welfare hospital sectors appear to use relatively fewer resources than private hospitals. These results suggest differences in quality of care arising from ownership.