DOI: 10.7664/CHE20170518
Analysis on the Supply-side of Rural Clinics from the Perspective of Hierarchical Diagnosis and Treatment
Abstract：Objective:To analyze the supply-side of rural clinics from the perspective of hierarchical diagnosis and treatment.Methods:Using the Cobb-Douglas function for the quantitative analysis based on the theory of the supply-side.Results:The elasticity coefficient for the three kinds of resource supply factors:the fixed assets,the subsidy of the essential medicine and human resources were 0.11,0.218 and 0.495 by 2012-2014.The reduction of human resource made the maximum contribution for the decrease of the health service output,the contribution rate was 92.62％.In 2012-2014,the elasticity coefficient of the fixed assets increased slightly,the elasticity coefficient of the basic medical subsidy decreased obviously.The elasticity coefficient of human resources increased first and then decreased.Conclusion:The development of rural clinics was in the condition of scale benefits diminishing on Shandong.Human resource was the most important power producer.The lack of human resources had become the main reason for restricting the development of rural clinics.Financial investment was insufficient to promote the development of rural clinics and the impetus was constantly weak.
Keywords：rural clinicsupply-sidehierarchical diagnosis and treatmentShandong
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 65-68 )