ABSTRACT
Objective:To explore the integration path of medical resources in regional medical consortium, find out the problems affecting the process of integration, and put forward relevant suggestions.Methods:Methods According to the purposive sampling and combined with grounded theoretical research methods, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 73 government officials, heads and backbones of medical institutions in different regions of a city from August to November 2019. The data obtained from semi-structured interviews were analyzed by using grounded theory, and the path framework of medical resource integration in regional medical consortium was constructed through open coding, spindle coding and selective coding.Results:Four key links of medical resource integration in the regional medical alliance were sorted out, namely, integration prerequisites, integration strategies, support conditions, and integration methods, which together constituted the main axis of the theoretical framework. In addition, integration methods were affected by integration prerequisites, integration strategies and support conditions. The four factors and integration willingness served as influencing factors to exert impact on the integration tendency.Conclusions:The integration of medical resources in the medical alliance is a systematic project, which emphasizes the organic and overall governance of each key link, and the interaction between various elements will affect the final effect of medical resource integration.