Measurement and Coping Strategies of Transaction Costs of Health Management System / 中国卫生经济

ABSTRACT

Based on the reality that the Health Management Alliance(HMA)has been initially established nationwide as an important component of the integrated health care service system,on the basis of summarizing the evolution process of transaction cost theory,discriminating the essential characteristics of HMA,deconstructing HMA transaction cost and putting forward a quantitative measurement model,the coping strategies of HMA transaction cost are summarized into three levels:"knowing","reducing"and"increasing".It aims to solve the high transaction cost effectively and explore the economic system supply path;correct the deviation of the field of vision which only focuses on the"output orientation"of HMA in the early stage,and arouse the attention and thinking of all parties on the transaction cost of HMA;provide a new position and a new idea for HMA policy research and reform practice in China.