An Empirical Study on the Pricing of Primary Health Management Services:Taking Personalized Health Service Package as an Example
- VernacularTitle:基层健康管理类服务定价的实证探索:以个性化健康服务包为例
- Author:
Yiyang REN
1
;
Yue YIN
;
Wenxi TANG
Author Information
1. 中国药科大学国际医药商学院 南京 211198
- Keywords:
service pricing;
health management;
personalized health service package;
willingness to pay
- From:
Chinese Health Economics
2024;43(6):5-9
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:In order to further enrich and improve the pricing strategy of chronic disease health management services in China.Methods:A discrete choice test was used to investigate the willingness to pay for personalized health service packages for chronic disease patients in Wuhou District,Chengdu City,as a representative of personalized health service packages for primary healthcare institutions,with integration as a utility indicator and blood pressure/glucose control rate as an effect indicator,which was used as a basis for pricing.Results:A total of 238 valid questionnaires were considered.According to conditional logit regression analysis,respondents were willing to pay 147.13 yuan/year to improve service package integration from low to high,and 177.12 yuan/year to improve blood pressure/blood sugar from one day a week(low level)to seven days a week(high level),but there was no significant willingness to pay for other improvements.Conclusion:It is discovered that there is a comparable willingness to pay for health management services to patients with chronic diseases in Chinese community in terms of service utility and effect,and it is proposed that the value of service experience be included in primary health management pricing.