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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2014.15.2.767

Analysis on RTS and the Change of Productivity Efficiency of Public General Hospitals in Vietnam using Parametric and Non-Parametric Approach  

Yang, Dong-Hyun (Division of management, Inje University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.15, no.2, 2014 , pp. 767-776 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study estimated productivity change and RTS using Parametric and Non-Parametric approach with 5 year annual data from 2006 to 2010 of 20 public general hospitals in Vietnam collected from Ho Chi Min City Health Department of Health Database. The results could be summarized as follows; First, by the Non-Parametric approach. cumulated productivity growth of 5 years was increased by 2.8% due to regress 5.2% of technical efficiency, 0.3% of pure technical efficiency, but scale efficiency was decreased 5.1% Second, by the Non-Parametric approach, cumulated productivity growth was decreased by 12.8% to due to drop of 17.1% of technical change, 9.1% of scale efficiency. In conclusion, the common result of both approaches was that scale inefficiencies occurs in public hospitals in Vietnam, and they affected productivity change of public hospitals in Vietnam. Namely, 70% to 80% of the analyzed Vietnam public hospitals were at the status of DRS(decreased returns to scale), which suggested that they had oversupply beds relative to the number of occupied patients, it was meaningful that this study was the first study in Korea to measure efficiency and productivity change of Vietnamese public general hospitals and so it could be utilized as the basic information needed to enter hospital industry of Vietnam in the future.
Keywords
Efficiency; Productivity Change; RTS; Technical Change; Vietnam;
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