Efficiency and the quality of management and care: evidence from Japanese public hospitals |
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| Authors: | Toshiki Kodera Koji Yoneda |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Economics, Aomori Public University, Aomori, Japan;2. Department of Economics, Kumamoto Gakuen University, Kumamoto, Japan |
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| Abstract: | We study how the quality of hospital management and medical care both affect efficiency in Japanese local public hospitals. The efficiency is estimated by a stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) and is regressed against the quality scores in hospital accreditation by the Japan Council for Quality Health Care (JCQHC). We find that rule-based hospital management relates to high efficiency, while the suitable management of beds and supplies relates to low efficiency. |
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| Keywords: | Stochastic frontier analysis Japanese public hospitals quality of care management quality |
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