Has China’s new health care reform improved efficiency at the provincial level? Evidence from a panel data of 31 Chinese provinces

China’s new health care reform commenced in 2009, and since then a huge amount of financial resources has been invested to improve public access to basic medical and public health services. This study used the data envelopment analysis (DEA) Malmquist methodology and TOBIT models to examine the changing trends in total factor productivity (TFP) and the impact of policy on the efficiency of China’s health care system at the provincial level...