期刊
CHINA ECONOMIC REVIEW
卷 33, 期 -, 页码 179-199出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2015.02.002
关键词
Hospital competition; Health care quality; Health care cost; China
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资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [71303165]
- Ministry of Education of China [12JZD036]
- Sichuan University [skqx201401]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2013M540706, 2014T70863]
- Beijing Higher Education Young Elite Teacher Project [YETP0039]
- China Medical Board [13-167]
This paper analyzes whether hospital competition is associated with improved health care delivery in China, particularly in the dimensions of health care quality and cost. We explore the differences in competition over time and across regions to examine the relationship in an environment wherein the hospital industry is largely state owned, the price of medical care is partially regulated, and hospitals can compete on both quality and cost. Using provincial- and individual-level data, along with a set of outcome indicators, we find that hospital competition is significantly correlated with lower observation room mortality, shorter outpatient waiting time, and fewer outpatient costs, while we do not find evidence that would suggest negative influences of competition on the other measures of hospital performance. Our results offer new evidence in support of competition-based reforms in China's health care sector and provide implications for other developing countries facing similar health care challenges. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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