Efficiency Evaluation of China’s Medical Service

Zhang An, Bao Yong, Xia Wen, Shuping Wang

Antai College of Economics & Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.
Public health College, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.
Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control & Prevention.

DOI: 10.4236/ib.2013.53B001                

Abstract

How to improve healthcare system’ efficiency has been highly concerned by Chinese government. The objectives of this paper are to establish production function of medical service and analyze returns to scale; to measure technical efficiency; and to highlight possible policy implications of the results for policy makers. Stochastic Frontier Approach (SFA) is employed in this paper based on data from 2010 China Health Statistical Yearbook. These findings suggest that increasing investment on human resource is a key factor for raising CHS’ efficiency. Operation model and institution will contribute to technology efficiency of CHS.

Keywords

Medical; Service; Efficiency

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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