Berry R E
Health Serv Res. 1967 Summer;2(2):123-39.
The primary purpose of this article is to investigate whether or not economies of scale exist in the production of hospital services. In previous studies the results have implied the existence of economies of scale, but the question has not been satisfactorily resolved. The factor most responsible for clouding the issue is the overwhelming prevalence of product differences in the outputs of hospitals. In this study a method which avoids the problem of product differentiation is developed. The analysis strongly supports the conclusion that hospital services are produced subject to economies of scale.
本文的主要目的是研究医院服务生产中是否存在规模经济。在以往的研究中，结果暗示了规模经济的存在，但这个问题尚未得到令人满意的解决。使这个问题变得模糊不清的最主要因素是医院产出中产品差异的普遍存在。在本研究中，开发了一种避免产品差异化问题的方法。分析有力地支持了医院服务生产存在规模经济这一结论。
