Abstract
Using data from the Annual Survey of Hospitals compiled by the Department of Health in Taiwan for years 1994 through 1997, we employed Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to evaluate the impact of a National Health Insurance (NHI) Program on the operating efficiency of district hospitals in Taiwan. We find that, on average, efficiency of district hospitals in Taiwan decreased following the implementation of the NHI Program. Our results are robust to the inclusion of control variables that have been shown to affect hospital operating performance in prior research, and alternative efficiency measurements.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 483-510 |
| Number of pages | 28 |
| Journal | Journal of Accounting and Public Policy |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2004 Nov 1 |
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- Sociology and Political Science
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Health care regulation and the operating efficiency of hospitals : Evidence from Taiwan. / Chang, Hsihui; Chang, Wen Jing; Das, Somnath; Li, Shu Hsing.
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T1 - Health care regulation and the operating efficiency of hospitals
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AU - Chang, Hsihui
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PY - 2004/11/1
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N2 - Using data from the Annual Survey of Hospitals compiled by the Department of Health in Taiwan for years 1994 through 1997, we employed Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to evaluate the impact of a National Health Insurance (NHI) Program on the operating efficiency of district hospitals in Taiwan. We find that, on average, efficiency of district hospitals in Taiwan decreased following the implementation of the NHI Program. Our results are robust to the inclusion of control variables that have been shown to affect hospital operating performance in prior research, and alternative efficiency measurements.
AB - Using data from the Annual Survey of Hospitals compiled by the Department of Health in Taiwan for years 1994 through 1997, we employed Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to evaluate the impact of a National Health Insurance (NHI) Program on the operating efficiency of district hospitals in Taiwan. We find that, on average, efficiency of district hospitals in Taiwan decreased following the implementation of the NHI Program. Our results are robust to the inclusion of control variables that have been shown to affect hospital operating performance in prior research, and alternative efficiency measurements.
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