Investigating the efficiency of medical and health resources and its influencing factors in the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomerations
Based on the undesirable super-efficiency SBM-Malmquist-Tobit model
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22073437 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yi Chen (0000-0003-1828-1165, Anhui University, corresponding author), Qianlong Li (0009-0009-3220-0342, Anhui University), Yuting Zhang (0000-0002-6460-6779, Anhui University), Xiaoya Zhang (0000-0002-5425-8547, Anhui University), Handong Zheng (0000-0002-6318-8165, Hefei University of Technology) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Pages | 1527424-1527424 |
| Publication date | 2025-05-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565 |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1527424 |
| PMID | 40416655 |
| OpenAlex | W4410247710 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 43 |
The medical and health resources in the Yangtze River Delta region are abundant, occupying a significant position in China’s medical and health system with wide service coverage. The efficient allocation of medical and health resources in this region is a key issue affecting the high-quality development of medical and health services. Existing research on the representative region of the Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration remains relatively limited, with insufficient analysis of the efficiency of medical and health resource allocation in the area, as well as a lack of in-depth exploration into its influencing factors and barriers. This study employs the undesirable output super-efficiency SBM model to calculate the static super-efficiency values of medical and health resource allocation in 41 cities of the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration from 2015 to 2020. The Malmquist index is utilized to analyze the changes in dynamic efficiency, and the panel Tobit regression model is utilized to analyze the influencing factors of comprehensive efficiency of medical and health resource allocation in the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration. The study highlights that the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration confronts multiple systemic challenges, such as pronounced disparities in healthcare resource allocation, uneven dissemination of medical technological innovations, insufficiently effective policy implementation, severe pandemic-induced impacts, enduring gaps in urban–rural healthcare resources, and financial accessibility barriers in low-efficiency cities. By integrating empirical evidence from existing studies and performing comparative case analyses, this research puts forward actionable recommendations. These strategies are designed to improve the equity and efficiency of medical and health resource allocation within the region, while offering transferable insights for other regions facing similar institutional and operational challenges
Business · China · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental economics · Environmental resource management · Geography · Health care · Resource allocation · Tobit model · Urban agglomeration · Efficiency Analysis Using DEA · Global Health Care Issues · Healthcare Systems and Reforms
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |