Technical and scale efficiencies of Catholic hospitals: Does a system value of stewardship matter?

Tiang-Hong Chou (), Yasar A. Ozcan () and Kenneth R. White ()
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Tiang-Hong Chou: Mennonite Christian Hospital
Yasar A. Ozcan: Virginia Commonwealth University
Kenneth R. White: Virginia Commonwealth University

Chapter Chapter 6 in Advanced Decision Making Methods Applied to Health Care, 2012, pp 83-101 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Applying data envelopment analyses and relevant multivariate regression techniques, this study explores the relationship between the efficiency of Catholic system-affiliated hospitals and certain organizational and market characteristics. Results show the system value of stewardship did not have a significant impact on Catholic hospital efficiency in the study period between 2005 and 2007. However, the diocesan model of organizational governance, with a value of stewardship, demonstrated a positive relationship with efficiency. This study also shows that organizational and market characteristics such as the proportion of Medicaid patients, rural location, market competition, and for-profit penetration are important determinants of Catholic hospital efficiency. Explanations, implications, and limitations of the findings as well as directions for future research are discussed and proposed.

Keywords: hospitals; catholic health systems; system value; stewardship; technical and scale efficiency; data envelopment analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/978-88-470-2321-5_6

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