Evaluation of Health Resource Allocation Efficiency Based on Data Envelopment Analysis 2014–2018 in Two Dimensions of Time-Region

Lina Liu,Xv Zhou,Yixuan Su,Wei Xu,Daqing Gong

doi:10.1155/2021/8273415

Abstract

Since the new health care reform, China’s health care system has become increasingly mature and perfect, and the health awareness and needs of residents have also increased, which has raised higher requirements for the scientific understanding of the current status of health care resource allocation and making it achieve the goal of efficient operation. This paper evaluates the allocation of health resources in China from 2014 to 2018 in two dimensions: time and space by reviewing the China Health and Health Statistical Yearbook from 2014 to 2020, collecting data on the number of medical institutions, number of beds, per capita medical budget expenditure, number of consultations, and bed utilization rate during the study time interval, and analyzing them using data envelopment analysis. The results show that there are regional differences in the supply level of medical and health resources in China. Although the supply level is mainly on the rise, there are differences in the supply level of medical and health resources among provinces. The polarization phenomenon exists between eastern, central, and western regions, the urban and rural areas, the urban hospitals, and grassroots-level health care organizations.

Highlights

Medical and health resources refer to the general term for the human, material, and financial resources provided by the society to the health sector under certain social and economic conditions including hard resources and soft resources [1]
Most provinces and cities in the central region and western region show the Non-data envelopment analysis (DEA) effectiveness, the three northeastern provinces were all in the same state. is phenomenon is mainly caused by the internal differences of the different economic region
Due to the existence of external environmental factors such as region and climate, the economic level is relatively backward, and the three provinces in northeast China are backward due to the serious population loss in recent years, which leads to the depression of economic development

Summary

Introduction

Medical and health resources refer to the general term for the human, material, and financial resources provided by the society to the health sector under certain social and economic conditions including hard resources and soft resources [1]. Is paper analyzes the relevant situation of our country’s health resource allocation efficiency from 2014 to 2018 through data envelopment analysis, and actively explores measures to improve the allocation of health resources, so as to provide scientific decision-making basis for better allocation of health resources in our country. Provide evidence [10]; Zhang et al used factor analysis to select input and output indicators, and used DEA to analyze the data related to health resources of Chinese medicine hospitals in 31 provinces and cities across the country in 2017, and further to provide a reference for further improving the efficiency of health resource allocation in Chinese medicine hospitals in accordance with Ref. Combined with the characteristics of population distribution and geographical environmental factors, this paper explores regional differences and puts forward relevant suggestions and measures

Data Description and Model Construction

Analysis of the Empirical Results

Findings

Discussion