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Objective:To provide suggestions for figuring out the price formation mechanism of medical services by studing the in-fluencing factors of the price dynamic adjustment and identify the relationship among the factors.Methods:The price policies and published literature were searched for preliminarily screening out the influencing factors of the prices dynamic adjustment.The influ-encing factors and their relationship were analyzed by decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory and expert consultation method.Results:A total of 9 cause factors and 6 result factors were selected.In the cause reasons,the change of service factor cost,the de-gree of leadership support and the price relationship of medical service were in the top three;among the outcome factors,the level of medical burden of the masses,patients'satisfaction with price and actual financial compensation ability were more susceptible to other factors.Conclusion:Promoting the reform of medical service prices dynamic adjustment by reasonably calculating the cost of medical service factors,increasing the price adjustment attention of leaders,straightening out the price relationship of medical services,paying full attention to the level of medical burden of the masses and patients'satisfaction with price and improving the substantial financial compensation capacity of institutions for policy losses.
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It reviewed the policies related to the standardized management of medical service price items,analyzed the current difficulties in the implementation of medical service price regulations:the technical specifications of national medical service price item are heavy and cannot be dynamically adjusted with technological innovation;provincial level item access control is not strict,and the elements of the same price item are not completely unified,affecting the horizontal comparison.The policy suggestions to speed up the improvement of the medical service price item specifications include:medical services that are allowed to be applied and have clear technical specifications are accepted as the scope of new price item declaration;promote the separation of technology and consumption,except for consumables and reagents,which are priced separately according to service items+special consum-ables;priority should be given to responding to the legitimate demand for medical technology improvement innovations through cur-rent price item compatibility;contrast technical specifications and item guidelines,integrating current price items,improving item standardization and compatibility;complete the innovation and economic evaluation of the newly declared item price,check the quality,and reasonably determine the increment.
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Based on the relevant policy documents of deepening medical service price reform in the pilot cities,combined with research and interviews,it analyzes the practical progress of measuring the total amount of medical service price adjustments in the pilot cities and the overall distribution of the total amount,the classification of items for pricing and dynamic adjustment,and the monitoring and assessment.It is suggested to explore the construction of a concise indicator system and a practical measurement method,consider the sustainability of the total price adjustment of medical services,and continue to optimize and improve the price adjustment mechanism of medical service price items.
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In order to further promote the reform of medical service price and strengthen the macro management of medical service price, the author constructed a calculation method for price adjustment space of medical service. This study was centered on two parameters of the historical base and the growth coefficient, to calculate the total amountof price adjustment. The historical base used the total revenue of medical services in the region from the previous year, and the growth coefficient was measured by two methods, the comprehensive indicator method and the consumer price index (CPI) reference method.Taking Suzhou, a national pilot city, as an example, the historical base in 2022 was 18 754 million yuan. By using the comprehensive indicator method, the annual growth coefficient was calculated to be 2.38%, and adjustment space of medical service price was 446.35 million yuan; According to the CPI reference method, the growth coefficient of Suzhou was 2.10%, and adjustment space of medical service price was 393.83 million yuan.The two methods for calculating the total amount each have their own advantages and disadvantages, and need to be further optimized and improved by drawing on the practical experience of reform in each pilot city.
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Objective:To design a set of evaluation index system for the medical service price reform mechanism, so as to provide reference for the evaluation of deepening the medical service price reform mechanism.Methods:On the basis of searching literature of medical service prices reformfrom August 2021 to March 2023, policy logic analysis and expert consultation were used to construct evaluation indexes for the medical service price reform mechanism, set evaluation index thresholds, and assign scores to index thresholds in different grades.Results:The evaluationindex system of medical service price reform mechanism included 5 level-1 indexes, 12 level-2 indexes and 35 level-3 indexes. After scoring, the scores of 5 level-1 indexes were 12, 24, 35, 21, and 8, respectively.Based on the percentile scoring method, the evaluation criteria were categorized into five grades: premium, excellent, good, average and failure.Conclusions:This study constructed a set of evaluation index system for the mechanism of medical service price reform, which had strong scientific and operability. However, due to the fact that medical service price reform in the new era is still in its initial stage, the index system need to be further optimized drawing on the practical experience of reforms in pilot cities.
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The reform of medical service prices in China has been launched, and the reasonable pricing and management of medical technology services are of great significance for improving patient well-being and advancing the reform of our medical system. The author provided a detailed review of the policy evolution, current management status, and main issues of medical service price management in China since 2000. The medical service price management policies in China since 2000 were divided into four evolutionary stages: initial exploration of decentralization, substantial development, continuous advancement, and deep promotion. The author also described the formation mechanism and pricing methods of international medical service prices, and compared the similarities and differences in medical service price management at home and abroad. Some suggestions were put forward for improving the macro reform of medical service price management in China.
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Objective:The price of medical services is related to the vital interests of the people.It aims to explore the policy dif-fusion characteristics of medical service prices in China,and promote the reform of medical service prices.Methods:Based on the theory of policy diffusion,it conducts text measurement and content analysis on 440 central and provincial policies in China from 2000 to 2022.The diffusion of medical service price policies is analyzed from three dimensions:time,space,and content.Keyword temporal analysis was used to deeply explain the diffusion mode and mechanism of medical service price policies.Results:In terms of time dimension,the diffusion of medical service pricing policies in China generally follows a"ladder shaped"trajectory of"slow-fast-slow-fast alternation"in speed;in terms of spatial dimension,there are differences in the enthusiasm of policy adoption among provincial governments in China,and policy diffusion has a proximity effect;in terms of content dimension,China's medical service pricing policy focuses on three aspects:institutional norms,specific regulations,and external environment.Conclusion:The price of medical services in China has the characteristics of a top-down hierarchical diffusion model in policy diffusion,as well as a parallel diffusion model between departments and regions at the same level.
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Medical service price reflects the value and the financial compensation for medical services.The medical service price reform plays an important role in optimizing the allocation of medical resources and transforming the operating mechanism of public hospitals.The pricing of medical services should take many factors into consideration such as the characteristics of medical service,service markets,service costs,supply and demand relationships,medical insurance payment policies,compensation mechanisms,and so on.In response to the current situation of price management methods and price levels for medical service in China,various pricing methods such as cost-based pricing,price-regulation pricing,and demand-oriented pricing should be comprehensively utilized to ex-plore a pricing mechanism that separates medical service value from medical service price,human resource value from material con-sumption value,and build a medical service pricing system that could be coordinated with policy objectives.
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Objective:To construct a set of weighted trigger index system for dynamic adjustment of medical service price,so as to provide references and basis for price adjustment of complex medical service projects in Tangshan.Methods:The Delphi expert consultation method was used to demonstrate and determine the index system,and the difference comparison method and product method were used to determine the weight coefficient for each index.Results:The trigger index system of dynamic adjustment of medical service price including 4 first-level indicators,10 second-level indicators and 29 third-level indicators,and the weight coefficient of each indicator was given.Conclusion:The trigger index system of dynamic adjustment of medical service price in Tangshan has high scientificity and reliability,which is helpful for Tangshan to establish a sensitive and moderate price dynamic adjustment mechanism.Considering the affordability of all parties in the price adjustment of medical services in Tangshan,it is conducive to strengthening the total price control and structural adjustment of medical services in Tangshan.
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Objective:To fully understand the actual changes in medical service prices in Tianjin,analyze and calculate the medi-cal service price index,and provide a reference basis for adjusting medical service prices.Methods:It collects the usage and income of medical service projects in Tianjin from 2014 to 2021,and calculates the Tianjin medical service price index according to the price index calculation formula,compares and analyzes with indicators such as the Tianjin residents'consumption price index,and com-bines Pearson correlation analysis to explore the impact of the classified price index on the overall situation.Results:The measured medical service price index is relatively reasonable;it can better reflect the trend of medical service price changes;the changes in the categorized price index vary widely,and its changes are closely linked to policies related to health care reform.Conclusion:It is needed to further improve the price index analysis,fully analyze the price changes,and constantly improve the price adjustment and analysis mechanism of medical services in Tianjin.
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Constructing a scientific, standardized and reasonable dynamic adjustment model of medical service price has important reference value for the dynamic adjustment of medical service price in public hospitals. In view of the current situation at home and abroad, the authors analyzed the influencing factors of such adjustment, and constructed a dynamic adjustment model of medical service price, referring on the resource-based relative value scale theory. This model could calculate the intrinsic price of individual medical services, taking into full account the basic human resource consumption and time consumption, as well as the technical difficulty and risk degree of such services. On such basis, the economic development and price level of individual regions were integrated into the model to calculate the extrinsic price of these services. Taking the debridement(suture) service of a hospital as an example, this model was used for empirical research. It was estimated that the extrinsic price of a debridement(suture)(small) service was 54.82 yuan, that of a debridement(suture)(medium) service was 104.34 yuan, and that of a debridement(suture)(large) was 142.93 yuan. The price gap between the actual price and these estimated prices was 10.18 yuan, -26.34 yuan and -51.93 yuan respectively. This research proved that the model could be helpful to sort out the price ratio relationship and better reflect the technical labor value of medical workers.
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Medical service pricing system is the basic system of health economics, which has a profound impact on physicians′ medical behavior and the running mode of hospital. Rui′an City, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province, freed up the cost space of drug and consumables based on the reasonable diagnosis and treatment behavior of doctors and selection of drug and consumables in the hospital procurement link. 68% of the free space was used to improve the price of medical services. 248 medical service items with obvious cost inversion were selected, such as nursing, traditional Chinese medicine, diagnosis, etc., and the price adjustment range was determined according to the agreed free space limit. Meanwhile, the credit mechanism of Alipay was applied to synchronously implement " vacating space and adjusting structure" , so as to solve the game problem between medical treatment and medical insurance, broaden the path of the " translation compensation method" of medical service price reform, and produce policy superposition and linkage effect with the reform of medical insurance payment mode.
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New medical service price items (hereinafter referred to as the new item) management is key to deepening medical service price reform.Based on the review of the policy development of the new item management and status quo of provincial-level practices, the authors sorted out the problems in the new item management as follows. Namely the new item connotation was not clearly defined, linkage with the national specifications for medical service price items was not yet well defined, the approval process was imperfect, the pricing fundamentals were weak, and the maturity term system was to be strengthened. According to such analyses, the authors proposed countermeasure recommendations for optimizing the new item management: to introduce and implement unified national specifications for medical service price item and the new item guidance as quickly as possible, to promote the linkage between the new item management and the dynamic adjustment mechanism of medical service prices, and to strengthen institutional construction of the new item management.
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Objective:To sort out the medical service price management in provinces of the Yangtze River Delta, and identify problems in the process of promoting the integration of medical insurance in the said region.Methods:The service price reform policies and current medical service price items specifications as of December 2020 were collected from the official websites of the reform and developmet committees, health comissions and health insurane bureaus of these provinces. Descriptive analysis using R 4.0.2 software were conducted.Results:Given the reform of medical service prices advanced in these provinces successively, the current medical service price items were not yet unified. In terms of the numbers, Jiangsu topped the rest by 4 457 basic items, while Zhejiang ranked the lowest at 3 914. In terms of decomposed items, Zhejiang topped the rest by 1 988, 17.6 times that of Anhui province. In terms of pricing level, the average price of medical services in Shanghai topped the rest by 1 041.6 yuan, while Jiangsu province was the lowest at 768.6 yuan. The price of some items varied by more than 20 times among these provinces.Conclusions:The provinces in the Yangtze River Delta had significant gaps in medical service price items setup and price levels. It is necessary to promote the regional coordinated specifications of medical service price items, further optimize the price levels, improve the methodological system of medical service price comparison, and promote the integration of medical insurance in the Yangtze River Delta.
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There ass an urgent call for the dynamic medical service price-adjustment mechanism with the fully launched Zero Markup policy,however it was lacking of one unified coordination mechanism between departments.It analyzed the responsibilities and challenges of four departments(Health,Pricing,Health Insurance and Finance Department).Also,one theoretical model has been established for analyzing the impacts on the four departments by the scope of pricing-adjustment.By witnessed the evidences on the price-adjustment,it highly recommended that the strategy for price-adjustment should go with high frequency but in a minor change.Meanwhile,it also proposed that to build one well-coordinated mechanism,introduce third parties to involve,and establish one simulation system for price-adjustment to push forward the progress of dynamic price-adjustment mechanism.
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With the advancement of medical and health system,the reform of medical price became one of cores in new medical reform.According to the principle of "the total quantity control,the structure adjustment",in recent years,every region adjusted the medical price.However,the regional medical price disharmony was influenced by the mechanism of information-sharing,the differentiation right of pricing and management and setting basis and cycle.It followed the regional medical price disharmony concern over the principle,content and method of mechanism of regional medical price coordination for optimizing medical price management,so as to provide references for further optimizing medical service price management.
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Local policy innovation is a distinct feature in the arena of public administration in China. Previous researches concerned with local policy innovation experience and policy introduction, but they pay little attention to the failure of policy innovations and their termination. This paper uses the theory and concept of public policy process to analyze the reasons for the quick termination process and its mechanism taking healthcare policy as a case study in Chongqing city. It concludes that relative policy strategy is closed in decision-making. The strategy of some special policy target groups as well as the mutual agitation between public and media agenda are the main reasons for the rap-id end of policy innovation. This study is helpful to understand the factors and logic mechanism of the quick termina-tion of local policy innovation as a special type of public policy change which is termed as short-lived and make more scientific healthcare policy decision making and reform in China.
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objective:To analyze the policy impact of separating drug sales from medical services on a certain oncology hospitals in Beijing,and provide the basis for further development and adjustment of the reform. Methods:Using interrupted time series segmented regression model to analyse the instant change and trend change of medical service utilization by outpatient(including tumor-specified outpatient) and overall inpatient services,especially in in-dicators of drug proportion,self-pay ratio,and so on after the reform. Results:Tumor treatment is a relative specific-ity. The proportion of previous inpatients in tumor specialized hospitals ranged between 49.31% and 49.96%, and the actual compensation rates were between 57.05% and 63.57%. In our case analysis, the expenditure of outpa-tients dropped after this reform,with RMB 4.33 monthly decline on average cost and with 2.32 percentage monthly decrease on a self-pay rate. Drug proportion was declined expectedly,and the proportion of outpatient and inpatient drugs immediately decreased by 4.63% and 2.98% respectively after the reform. Therewith consumptive material proportion was raised, and the proportion of outpatient and inpatient materials instantly increased by 0.22% and 1.17% respectively. Conclusion:As per the results of this study,the reform has weakened the economic dependence on drug income in sample hospital and reduced the burden on patients. However,tumor treatment is on rigid demand and brings about a relatively great impact on hospital's finance and medical insurance fund. The rationality regards of cost-shifting should be investigated in the long run.
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The establishment of a scientific and reasonable medical service price dynamic adjustment mechanism is the focus of the current reform of public hospitals in China.This paper analyzed the medical service price reform history in the United States, the price dynamic adjustment of the main body and its process, as well as the development trend of medical service price reform.At the same time, the existing problems of medical service price adjustment in China were briefly analyzed, and put forward 1) the establishment of multi-participant dynamic adjustment model;2) the establishment of the medical service standard value system, strengthening Medicare payment standard construction;3) and gradually changing the current fee-for-service payment system and establishing DRGs and performance based payment mechanism and other policy recommendations.
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This paper aims at evaluating the effectiveness of the “Medical and Pharmaceutical Separation” re-form in Beijing in three years , and put forward suggestions for the reform of public hospitals .Using data obtained from hospital database, we compared changes in the proportion of drug cost , the average drug expenditures per time, medical workload , quality , income and structure .The key findings of this study show that after the reform , the quali-ty of medical services has improved .Compared to one year before the reform , in the third year of reform the outpa-tient and inpatient medicine accounted for decreased to 16.98%and 13.3%, from 25.57%and 36%, respectively;and the outpatient and inpatient patients per capita medical expenses decreased by 21.39%and 34.8%respectively. The health care revenue increased by 68 .1%compared with before reform .Drug revenue fell 14.29%before the re-form.Medical service fee income reached 243,500,000 yuan.Income from medical examination and laboratory tests in-creased by 52.60%.Based on the findings of the present investigation , the Trial“Medical and Pharmaceutical Separa-tion” to control the cost of drugs achieved good results .Therefore ,it would be advantageous in adopting the reform of public hospitals in the next step toward the medical examination separated , adjust the price of medical services ,etc.