Korea Journal of Hospital Management (한국병원경영학회지)
- Volume 10 Issue 4
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- Pages.51-74
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- 2005
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- 1226-6299(pISSN)
Medical Care Environment and the Productivity Change in Korean Tertiary Hospitals.
Malmquist 생산성 지수를 이용한 종합전문요양기관의 생산성 변화 분석
- Kim, Young-Hee (Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University) ;
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Cho, Woo-Hyun
(Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University)
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An, Dong-Hwan
(College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University)
;
- Park, Sang-Woo (Korean Hospital Association) ;
- Chung, Woo-Jin (Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University)
- Published : 2005.12.30
Abstract
This paper presents an analysis of the current status of domestic hospital industry which went trough the time of new hospitals operated by chaebols from 1994 to 2003 and the dramatic changes of medical service environment such as IMF relief loan in 1997 and the separation of prescription and dispensing (SPD) in 2000. For the sake of righteous policy-making in the future, this paper presents a productivity analysis of the management and administration of 38 tertiary hospitals nationwide in the past 10 years. The analysis is based on the Malmquist index approach using linear programming. d prepare a productivity index that measures not merely efficiency but the technological evolution and adjustment to changing environments.