Discussion of the driving force and checking strategy for tfae unduly rapid increase of medical fees / 中华医院管理杂志

ABSTRACT

The increase of medical fees, which can be attributed to many factors, is inevitable. However, from the perspective of economics, medical services are characterized by monopolization, the dual nature of entrust-ment and agency and the inflexibility of demands. Driven by the pursuit of profits, suppliers are keen on the kind of medical programs they provide, leading in part to the excessively rapid increase of medical fees. One of the key mea-sures for checking this increase and deepening health reform is to replace payment by programs with payment by case groups. Payment by case groups can be implemented in many ways. A relatively scientific and rational way is payment by case mix.