Impact of pilot public hospital reform on efficiencies: a DEA analysis of county hospitals in East China, 2009–2015

Table 4 Efficiency of pilot and non-pilot hospitals in 2009–2015

Year	Hospital efficiency			Pure technical efficiency			Scale efficiency
Year	Pilot (N = 190)	Non-pilot (N = 175)	Difference	Pilot (N = 190)	Non-pilot (N = 175)	Difference	Pilot (N = 190)	Non-pilot (N = 175)	Difference
2009	0.671	0.620	0.051	0.695	0.639	0.056	0.968	0.973	−0.005
2010	0.613	0.530	0.083	0.662	0.567	0.095	0.932	0.943	−0.011
2011	0.640	0.579	0.061	0.684	0.614	0.07	0.942	0.950	−0.008
2012	0.676	0.627	0.049	0.708	0.659	0.049	0.957	0.955	0.002
2013	0.455	0.411	0.044	0.556	0.506	0.05	0.844	0.845	−0.001
2014	0.742	0.690	0.052	0.758	0.710	0.048	0.980	0.976	0.004
2015	0.727	0.666	0.061	0.752	0.695	0.057	0.968	0.963	0.005

Notes: Hospital efficiency, the efficiency of the hospital in producing outputs for given inputs in healthcare services delivery. Pure technical efficiency, the efficiency of the hospital in producing outputs for given inputs in healthcare services delivery under a variable return of scale. Scale efficiency, the ratio of the efficiency under constant return of scale to the efficiency under variable return of scale, evaluates the gap between the actual scale to the optimal scale. Difference, the gap of efficiency between pilot and non-pilot hospitals

ISSN: 2191-1991