Systematic review of the effect of a zero-markup policy for essential drugs on healthcare costs and utilization in China, 2015–2021

WY Liu, CH Hsu, TJ Liu, PE Chen, B Zheng… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Objective: This systematic review aimed to discuss the effects of a zero-markup policy for
essential drugs (ZPED) on healthcare costs and utilization in China in the years 2015–2021 …

Assessment of medical service pricing in China's healthcare system: challenges, constraints, and policy recommendations

W Xiong, Y Deng, Y Yang, Y Zhang, J Pan - Frontiers in Public Health, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Medical service pricing reform was considered as one of the focuses of China's remarkable
health reform. This paper preliminarily assessed the roles of medical service pricing in the …

Impacts of price changes on public hospital reforms in China: evidence from 25 million patients at tertiary hospitals

D Zhu, X Shi, S Chen, X Ye, P He - Health Policy and Planning, 2022 - academic.oup.com
China's public hospital price change reform was progressively piloted at urban-level tertiary
hospitals in 2015, aiming to adjust the healthcare expenditure structure, reorient public …

The impact of healthcare reform on the dynamic changes in health service utilization and equity: a 10-year follow-up study

W Guo, G Liu, L Ma, B Gao, W Wang, Z Hu, Y Tian… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
In the past decade, the government of China has implemented healthcare reforms to provide
universal access to healthcare by 2020. We aimed to systematically analyse the dynamic …

Impact of zero-mark-up medicines policy on hospital revenue structure: a panel data analysis of 136 public tertiary hospitals in China, 2012–2020

H Cheng, Y Zhang, J Sun, Y Liu - BMJ global Health, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Objective To quantify the overall and dynamic effects of the implementation of the zero-mark-
up medicines policy on the proportionate revenue generated from medicines, medical …

How Can China's New Health Care Reform Promote the Balance of Interest Game?–Based on Game Evolution and Simulation Analysis

H Gong, X Wang, T Zhang, J Li… - Risk Management and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose The new round of medical reform is a significant exploration of reform in the public
service sector in China. Health insurance regulatory departments, medical institutions, and …

Medical service pricing and pharmaceutical supply chain coordination contracts under the zero-markup drug policy

N Zhou, S Li, G Zhao, C Li, N Yu - Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 - frontiersin.org
To implement state policies of zero-markup drug policy and medical service fee adjustment
for public hospitals, this study constructed game models of the pharmaceutical supply chain …

Impact of Medical–Pharmaceutical Separation Reform on Hospitalization Expenditure in Tertiary Public Hospitals: Difference-in-Difference Analysis Based on Panel …

W Wang, J Liang, R Fan, Y Cai, B Yin… - Risk Management and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose The medical–pharmaceutical separation (MPS) reform is a healthcare reform that
focuses on reducing the proportion of drug expenditure. This study aims to analyze the …

Effects of vertical integration reform on primary healthcare institutions in China: evidence from a longitudinal study

S Yuan, F Fan, D Zhu - International Journal of Health Policy …, 2021 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Integrated care is a global trend in international healthcare reform, particularly
for piloting vertical integration involving hospitals and primary healthcare institutions (PHIs) …

Does hospital competition lead to medical equipment expansion? Evidence on the medical arms race

L Lu, J Pan - Health Care Management Science, 2021 - Springer
With the implementation of a series of pro-competition policies in China, the hospital market
competition has been intensified dramatically over the past decade. Based on previous …