Research on Measurement and Improvement of Efficiency of Fiscal Expenditure on Public Elderly Care Services
Exploring the efficiency of China's fiscal expenditure on public elderly care services in the context of common prosperity can not only further optimize the allocation of resources for elderly care services in China,but also ensure the old age of the elderly groups in their later years,and prioritize the realization of the co-enrichment of the material life and the sharing of the spiritual life of the elderly groups.Using a three-stage DEA model,the efficiency of fiscal expenditure on elderly care services in 31 provinces in different years is measured,and the results show that the efficiency values of each region manifest obvious differentiation due to the influence of exogenous environmental variables,and per capita GDP and per capita disposable income among the environmental factors have a significant influence on the slack variables.On this basis,the Malmquist index is used to further analyze the dynamic changes of the efficiency of fiscal expenditure on public elderly care services and the state of efficiency decomposition across time and regions.The results not only help to improve the overall efficiency of China's fiscal expenditure on elderly care services,but also provide a reference for enhancing the fairness and accessibility of China's elderly care services and promoting the substantial progress of common prosperity.
common prosperityelderly care servicesfiscal expenditureefficiency