Objective To curb the unreasonable growth of pharmaceutical expenditures, Beijing
implemented the zero markup drug policy (ZMDP) in public hospitals in 2017, which focused …

As China has undergone a new round of healthcare reforms since 2009, the drug sector has
been subjected to a series of reform measures that aim to ensure a sustainable supply of …

Global society is dedicated to lowering healthcare costs. In China, the rapid growth in drug
expenditure has been a major factor in the surge in patient expenditure. To alleviate the …

Objectives To curb the unreasonable growth of medical expenses and reduce the burden of
medical treatment, Beijing launched two rounds of comprehensive reform of public hospitals …

Objective To explore the impact of implementation of the comprehensive public hospital
reform policy (CPHRP) on medicine costs, revenues and medical expenditures in tertiary …

This paper studies the channel strategies of drug suppliers in the drug supply chain under
the zero‐plus drug pricing policy. With the popularity of e‐commerce and online shopping …

Although the role of competition in the health care sector has been extensively explored in
developed countries, evidence from China is limited. This dissertation comprised three …

The practice of medicine, defined as “science and art of diagnosing and treating disease or
injury” and, more recently, even “promoting preventive health care to improve patient well …

Background The increasing hospitalization expenses for Gastric Cancer (GC) cause a
serious economic burden on society. Although the Chinese government has implemented …

This dissertation consists of three independent chapters evaluating healthcare system
reforms in the United States and China. In the first chapter, my coauthor and I investigate …