September 12, 2025Frontiers in Public HealthOpen Access

Efficiency divergence and convergence in China’s hospital sector: empirical insights from Guangdong Province using a multi-method approach

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This analysis identifies disparities in service efficiency among healthcare institutions, suggesting reforms for improvement.

Significant differences in service efficiency were found among hospital categories in Guangdong Province from 2018 to 2022.
Specialty hospitals exhibited the highest efficiency, while general hospitals had the lowest metrics and growth rates.
Data Envelopment Analysis and Dagum Gini coefficient decomposition highlighted internal efficiency inequalities, especially in general hospitals.
Tobit regression analysis indicated that factors like mortality rates and technician proportions significantly influence service efficiency.

Yu et al. (2025) studied this question.

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