Reform and development studies of medical payment system in China's public hospitals
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1000-6672.2010.10.002
- VernacularTitle:我国公立医院医疗服务支付制度改革与发展的思考
- Author:
Zhenzhong ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
China's public hospitals;
Payment system reform;
Compensation mechanism
- From:
Chinese Journal of Hospital Administration
2010;26(10):725-728
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Reform of the medical service payment system plays a key role in deepening the ongoing health reform.China will launch in a large scale the trials of the payment system for its betterment.The author probed deeply into the current compensation mechanism of public hospitals,as well as the inherent and theoretical roots of the negative outcomes resulting from the item-based payment system.On such basis,the paper discussed the nature of the public hospitals,and the theoretical basis for public hospitals' compensation system.In addition,the author discussed the reform principles and key points for reforming the payment system amid the ongoing health reform,proposing to link this reform with resolving major setbacks of the compensation mechanism of public hospitals.Objectives for the medical service payment system reform are advocated as follows: Cost control,management enhancement,mechanism shift,and win-win,which aim to deep reforms of the public hospitals.
