Soft budget constraints in China: Evidence from the Guangdong hospital industry

被引:7
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作者
Eggleston, Karen [1 ]
Shen, Yu-Chu [2 ]
Lu, Mingshan [3 ]
Li, Congdong [4 ]
Wang, Jian [5 ]
Yang, Zhe [6 ]
Zhang, Jing [7 ]
机构
[1] Stanford Univ, Walter H Shorenstein Asia Pacific Res Ctr, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[2] USN, Postgrad Sch, Grad Sch Business & Publ Policy, Monterey, CA 93943 USA
[3] Univ Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
[4] Jinan Univ, Sch Management, Guangzhou, Guangdong, Peoples R China
[5] Shandong Univ, Ctr Hlth Management & Policy, Jinan 250100, Peoples R China
[6] Guangdong Bur, Hlth Stat Ctr, Guangzhou, Guangdong, Peoples R China
[7] Univ Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201 USA
关键词
China; Hospitals; Soft budget constraints; REFORM; ENTERPRISES; OWNERSHIP;
D O I
10.1007/s10754-009-9067-1
中图分类号
F8 [财政、金融];
学科分类号
0202 ;
摘要
Using data from 276 general acute hospitals in the Pearl River Delta region of Guangdong Province from 2002 and 2004, we construct a preliminary metric of budget constraint softness. We find that, controlling for hospital size, ownership, and other factors, a Chinese hospital's probability of receiving government financial support is inversely associated with the hospital's previous net revenue, an association consistent with soft budget constraints.
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页码:233 / 242
页数:10
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