caa a22 4500 475748786 CHVBK 20180406123521.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1005542324990 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1005542324990 The Impact of the Prospective Payment System on the Technical Efficiency of Hospitals [Elektronische Daten] [Jin-Yuan Chern, Thomas Wan] In a longitudinal panel study design, 80 hospitals in Virginia were selected for analysis to test the hypothesis that the introduction of the prospective payment system (PPS) in October 1983 had helped hospitals enhance their operational performance in technical efficiency. A non-parametric method called Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) was used to calculate and compare the efficiency scores for each peer group of hospitals (by bed size) between the year 1984 and the year 1993. Contrary to expectations, no significant difference in technical efficiency was found in each hospital peer group over the study period. Nevertheless, the case study demonstrates that if hospital managers use this analytical tool appropriately, they may spot where any organizational weakness lies and how they can improve it. Plenum Publishing Corporation, 2000 prospective payment system nationallicence technical efficiency nationallicence DEA analysis nationallicence Chern Jin-Yuan Department of Health Administration, Chang Jung University, Tainan, Taiwan aut Wan Thomas Department of Health Administration, Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia Campus, Box 980203, MCV Station, 23298, Richmond, Virginia aut Journal of Medical Systems Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 24/3(2000-06-01), 159-172 0148-5598 24:3<159 2000 24 10916 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005542324990 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005542324990 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chern Jin-Yuan Department of Health Administration, Chang Jung University, Tainan, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wan Thomas Department of Health Administration, Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia Campus, Box 980203, MCV Station, 23298, Richmond, Virginia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Medical Systems Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 24/3(2000-06-01), 159-172 0148-5598 24:3<159 2000 24 10916 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer