Research on the Impact of Canceling Medicinemarkups on the Price Change of Medical Services

Abstract

A new round of medical system reform in China since 2009 aims to solve the problems of "difficult to see doctors" and "expensive medical treatment". In the past few years, the cancellation of drug markups has been promoted to the whole country by local pilot projects as an important measure of medical reform. In this context, the price of medical services, as an important part of medical charges, will become the focus and difficulty of the future reform, which deserves the attention of the academic circles and practitioners. In this study, based on the policy feedback theory, this paper analyzes the interaction and mechanism between the two major medical reform policies: the cancellation of drug markups and the price adjustment of medical services, and puts forward suggestions for further reform and policy coordination in the future from the two dimensions of resource effect and interpretation effect.