Practice and insight of building a performance evaluation system of public hospitals in Beijing

Abstract

The role of public hospital performance evaluation has become a roadblock for the current reform of public hospitals. By summarizing the performance evaluation of Beijing municipal hospitals in recent three years, the authors systematically introduced the practice of Beijing Municipal Administration of Hospitals in establishing a public hospital performance evaluation mechanism. In addition, the paper introduced the achievements of the Administration in the evaluation methods of public hospital evaluation, governmental responsibilities in hospital governance, guidance of hospitals' orderly development, and positive interactions between the government and hospitals. This way the paper provided useful references for guiding the hospitals back to public service nature, positive interactions, refined management of hospitals and better performance management. Key words: Health reform; Public hospital reform; Hospital management; Performance evaluation