Transformations in doctor–patient responsibilities in China’s quasi-marketised healthcare system

This study extends the application of institutional theory to the healthcare context. It demonstrates the regulative, normative, and cultural-cognitive dimensions of the healthcare system in shaping and constructing of doctor-patient responsibility. The concept of privatised responsibilities proposed here provides a useful theoretical lens for analysing the effects of quasi-marketisation and offers a foundation for future research on doctor-patient responsibility and accountability in healthcare systems.