Healthcare Service Efficiency: An Empirical Study on Healthcare Capacity in Various Counties and Cities in Taiwan
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Healthcare in Taiwan
1.2. Measuring Healthcare Efficiency
2. Methodology
2.1. Input-Oriented CCR Model
2.2. Input-Oriented BCC Model
3. Data and Empirical Model
3.1. Samples and Data Sources
3.2. Empirical Model
4. Results and Discussion
5. Conclusions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Items | Variables | Samples | Mean | Std. | Min. | Max. | Median |
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Output Items | Number of outpatient/year | 114 | 5,825,277 | 5,937,610 | 734,488 | 24,246,518 | 2,555,041 |
Number of emergency departments/year | 114 | 382,517 | 311,772 | 81,936 | 1,121,367 | 203,444 | |
Number of hospitalizations/year | 114 | 171,084 | 165,403 | 24,755 | 638,412 | 82,314 | |
Input Items | Total number of beds/year | 114 | 8682 | 7690 | 1496 | 25,526 | 4001 |
Number of physicians (including Western medicine, Traditional Chinese medicine, and dentistry)/year | 114 | 3590 | 3979 | 380 | 15,764 | 1246 | |
Number of nurses (nurses and nurse practitioners)/year | 114 | 8564 | 8041 | 1430 | 30,091 | 3685 | |
Number of other licensed medical practitioners/year | 114 | 3973 | 3975 | 519 | 15,314 | 1595 | |
The population of each county and city/year | 1,226,564 | 1,106,241 | 215,261 | 4,030,954 | 561,551 |
Item | Counties or Cities (DMUs) | CCR (CRSTE) | BCC (VRSTE) | SE | RTS | Referenced County or City | Number of Times Referenced | |||
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Efficiency Value | Rank | Efficiency Value | Rank | Efficiency Value | Rank | |||||
1 | New Taipei City | 0.783 | 16 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.783 | 18 | irs | - | 4 |
2 | Taipei City | 1.000 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | - | - | - |
3 | Taoyuan City | 0.813 | 14 | 0.918 | 16 | 0.885 | 14 | irs | New Taipei City, Yilan County, Chiayi County, Hsinchu City | - |
4 | Taichung City | 0.890 | 10 | 0.961 | 15 | 0.926 | 11 | irs | Yilan County, Nantou County, Hsinchu City, Chiayi City | - |
5 | Tainan City | 0.769 | 18 | 0.884 | 18 | 0.869 | 16 | irs | New Taipei City, Hsinchu County, Miaoli County, Chiayi County, Hsinchu City | - |
6 | Kaohsiung City | 0.811 | 15 | 0.891 | 17 | 0.910 | 12 | irs | New Taipei City, Yilan County, Nantou County, Hsinchu City | - |
7 | Yilan County | 1.000 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | - | - | 6 |
8 | Hsinchu County | 0.741 | 19 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.741 | 19 | irs | - | 3 |
9 | Miaoli County | 0.941 | 9 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.941 | 10 | irs | - | 3 |
10 | Changhua County | 0.942 | 8 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.942 | 9 | irs | - | - |
11 | Nantou County | 1.000 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
12 | Yunlin County | 0.775 | 17 | 0.975 | 14 | 0.794 | 17 | irs | New Taipei City, Hsinchu County, Miaoli County, Chiayi County, Taitung County, Hsinchu City | - |
13 | Chiayi County | 0.885 | 12 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.885 | 14 | irs | - | 4 |
14 | Pingtung County | 0.889 | 11 | 0.982 | 13 | 0.906 | 13 | irs | Yilan County, Hsinchu County, Chiayi County, Taitung County, Hsinchu City | - |
15 | Taitung County | 1.000 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
16 | Hualien County | 0.832 | 13 | 0.837 | 19 | 0.994 | 7 | irs | Yilan County, Chiayi City | - |
17 | Keelung City | 0.982 | 7 | 0.995 | 12 | 0.987 | 8 | irs | Yilan County, Miaoli County, Nantou County, Hsinchu City | - |
18 | Hsinchu City | 1.000 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | - | - | 7 |
19 | Chiayi City | 1.000 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
Annual average | 0.897 | 0.971 | 0.924 |
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Wu, J.-S. Healthcare Service Efficiency: An Empirical Study on Healthcare Capacity in Various Counties and Cities in Taiwan. Healthcare 2023, 11, 1656. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11111656
Wu J-S. Healthcare Service Efficiency: An Empirical Study on Healthcare Capacity in Various Counties and Cities in Taiwan. Healthcare. 2023; 11(11):1656. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11111656
Chicago/Turabian StyleWu, Jih-Shong. 2023. "Healthcare Service Efficiency: An Empirical Study on Healthcare Capacity in Various Counties and Cities in Taiwan" Healthcare 11, no. 11: 1656. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11111656