Table 1 Summary of the input and output indicators about the health insurance efficiency
Author | Research object | Period of study | Methods | Input indicators | Output indicators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liu et al. (2022) [23] | URRBMI | 2017–2020 | Three-stage DEA | Fund income; Number of health technicians; Government health expenditure | Fund expenditure; Epidemic morbidity rate; Resident health insurance expenditure |
Li et al. (2023) [24] | UEBEI | 2016–2020 | Three-stage DEA | Fund income; Number of insured persons | Fund expenditure; Fund accumulated balance |
Palazzolo (2018) [25] | Medicare ACOs | 2013–2014 | Two-stage DEA | Total expenditures per capita; Number of health technicians; | Beneficiaries Indicators; Earned Savings |
Wu et al. (2015) [26] | Medicare | 2003–2011 | DEA-Tobit | Number of health technical employees; Quantity of beds in medical | Bed occupancy rate; Hospital physicians’ daily clinic visits; physicians’ daily hospital visits |