Did China’s hospital reforms improve curative care expenditures? Evidence from Beijing hospitals
The reform outcomes were only partially in line with the reforms' aims. While echoing the call for more resources for primary hospitals, only major patient medical service pricing changes would shift patients away from tertiary and secondary hospitals towards primary hospitals. We suggest that several measures be taken to enhance the service capacity of primary hospitals and that an advertising campaign be launched to inform and encourage patients to use primary hospitals as gatekeepers.
Authors
- Zhaoran Han
- Stephen Nicholas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6770-7105)
- Xiaowei Man (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2012-7530)
- Wanjin Yang
- Elizabeth Maitland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1551-4787)
- Jiexiu Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7507-5272)
- Xuefeng Shi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7056-2912)
- Wei Cheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5916-2141)
- Yan Jiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2604-9219)
Institutions
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AU)
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine (CN)
- University of Newcastle Australia (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Health Services Research
- Published
- 2025-05-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-12785-8
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.21
Funders
- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
- Beijing Municipal Health Commission