Control Costs, Enhance Quality, and Increase Revenue in Three Top General Public Hospitals in Beijing, China

Lue-Ping Zhao, Guo-Pei Yu, Hui Liu, Xie-Min Ma, Jing Wang, Gui-Lan Kong, Yi Li, Wen Ma, Yong Cui, Beibei Xu, Na Yu, Xiao-Yuan Bao, Yu Guo, Fei Wang, Jun Zhang, Yan Li, Xue-Qin Xie, Bao-Guo Jiang and Yang Ke

PLOS ONE, 2013, vol. 8, issue 8, 1-7

Abstract: Background: With market-oriented economic and health-care reform, public hospitals in China have received unprecedented pressures from governmental regulations, public opinions, and financial demands. To adapt the changing environment and keep pace of modernizing healthcare delivery system, public hospitals in China are expanding clinical services and improving delivery efficiency, while controlling costs. Recent experiences are valuable lessons for guiding future healthcare reform. Here we carefully study three teaching hospitals, to exemplify their experiences during this period. Methods: We performed a systematic analysis on hospitalization costs, health-care quality and delivery efficiencies from 2006 to 2010 in three teaching hospitals in Beijing, China. The analysis measured temporal changes of inpatient cost per stay (CPS), cost per day (CPD), inpatient mortality rate (IMR), and length of stay (LOS), using a generalized additive model. Findings: There were 651,559 hospitalizations during the period analyzed. Averaged CPS was stable over time, while averaged CPD steadily increased by 41.7% (P

Date: 2013
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