Evaluation of performance and impacts of maternal and child health hospital services using Data Envelopment Analysis in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China: A comparison study among poverty and non-poverty county level hospitals

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Wang, Xuan ^a   Luo, Hongye ^a   Qin, Xianjin ^a   Feng, Jun ^a   Gao, Hongda ^a   Feng, Qiming ^a  

^a GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

County level maternal and child health hospital; Data envelopment analysis; Influencing factors; Technical efficiency; Tobit

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INVESTMENT; MATERNAL HEALTH; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICY MAKING; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL AREA; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; MATERNAL WELFARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOBIT REGRESSION MODEL; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHINA; GUANGXI ZHUANGZU;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; CHINA; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; POVERTY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84987933838     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-016-0420-y     Document Type: Article

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