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The double-edged sword of corporatisation in the hospital sector: evidence from Indonesia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2016

Asri Maharani  and
Gindo Tampubolon
Asri Maharani*
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health, Medical Faculty, University of Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Gindo Tampubolon
Affiliation:
Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
*
*Correspondence to: Asri Maharani, Humanities Bridgeford Street Building, 2nd floor, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK. Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Hoping to improve their health system performance, many countries have corporatised their hospitals in the past 20 years. What this means for hospital performance remains as yet largely unknown. This study looks into the association of corporatisation and hospital performance in Indonesia. We apply panel data regression analysis to survey data on 54 public hospitals in East Java province. Our analysis suggests that corporatisation is associated with higher hospital income and expenditure, but fails to improve efficiency and equity. These findings suggest that hospital corporatisation policy in Indonesia should increase emphasis on efficiency and equity rather than on financial performance alone.

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Health Economics, Policy and Law , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , January 2017 , pp. 61 - 80
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