Med Care Res Rev. 2017 Jan 1:1077558716689197. doi: 10.1177/1077558716689197. [Epub ahead of print]
Characteristics of High- and Low-Efficiency Hospitals.
Abstract
We compared performance, operating characteristics, and market environments of low- and high-efficiency hospitals in the 37 states that supplied inpatient data to the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project from 2006 to 2010. Hospital cost-inefficiency estimates using stochastic frontier analysis were generated. Hospitals were then grouped into the 100 most- and 100 least-efficient hospitals for subsequent analysis. Compared with the least efficient hospitals, high-efficiency hospitals tended to have lower average costs, higher labor productivity, and higher profit margins. The most efficient hospitals tended to be nonteaching, investor-owned, and members of multihospital systems. Hospitals in the high-efficiency group were located in areas with lower health maintenance organization penetration and less competition, and they had a higher share of Medicaid and Medicare admissions. Results of the analysis suggest there are opportunities for public policies to support improved efficiency in the hospital sector.
KEYWORDS:
hospital efficiency; hospital quality; patient safety; stochastic frontier analysis
- PMID:
- 29148325
- DOI:
- 10.1177/1077558716689197
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