DOI: 10.7664/CHE20170702
Experimental Economics Study on Profit Allocation Mechanism in Vertical Integration of Regional Medical Delivery System
BO Yun-que
LIU Si-yu
HAN You-li
Abstract：Objective:Based on the framework of reference point contract theory,the experimental economics methodwas used to explore the medical institution managers' motivation and reflection of the profit allocation in vertical integrated?medical service system.Methods:Z-tree software was applied to design the experimental program.40 undergraduate students majoring in health management were recruited as the subjects.Sharing rates and effort levels were collected and calculated by Excel 2007 and SPSS 17.0.Results:The median of sharing rate hospital managers allocated to community health centers?was 35.00％.The median of effort level that community health center directors chose was 8.00.The proportion of sharing rates equal to or less than 50.00％ accounted for 98％.The proportion of the highest effort level was 23.50％.The correlation between sharing rate and effort level was significant(P＜0.05).Conclusion:In the process of establishing vertical integration of medical service system,sharing rates and effort levels were closely related while the community health centers' effort was shading.
Keywords：contract as reference pointexperimental economics?medical service systemvertical integration
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( 9-12 )