From the perspective of the new institutional economics, the institutional change of hospital accreditation & evaluation in China was summarized and the experiences of hospital accreditation & evaluation from international organizations and other countries were refined to put forward the counter-measures for institutional innovations of accreditation & evaluation in China. First, it’s urgent for the government to issue the standards of hospital accreditation and discriminating hospital evaluation; second, these standards should pass the certification by the International Society for Quality in Health Care External Evaluation Association; finally, China should construct the commission on certification and accreditation administration for healthcare to supervise the social or third part organizations.
Hospital accreditation involves a wide range of aspects and has a significant impact, receiving widespread attention from multiple parties and is a topic worthy of in-depth research. This article provides a review of research on hospital accreditation both domestically and internationally, focusing on key issues such as whether accreditation can promote the improvement of medical quality and whether third-party evaluation should be introduced. The aim is to reveal the shortcomings of research on hospital accreditation in China, provide direction for subsequent research on hospital accreditation in China, and provide a reference for improving the hospital accreditation system in China.