Payment reform pilot in Beijing hospitals reduced expenditures and out-of-pocket payments per admission

Health Affairs

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1745-1752

  Jian, Weiyan ^a   Lu, Ming ^b   Chan, Kit Yee ^c   Poon, Adrienne N ^d   Han, Wei ^e   Hu, Mu ^b   Yip, Winnie ^e  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT SELECTION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; PILOT STUDY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHINA; COST CONTROL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 84944448499     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0074     Document Type: Article

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