DOI: 10.7664/CHE20171101
Medical Sercice-seeking Behavior Choice and Hierarchical Medical System: Economic Theoretical Framework
HE Yu
Abstract：It provided a theoretical framework of how medical help-seeking behavior influences hierarchical medical system.Under the model of free medical help-seeking behavior of heterogeneous patients,there existed structural unbalance of demand in mild disease medical service market and heavy disease medical service market.In the heavy disease service market,mild disease patients crowded out the opportunity of access to medical service.While in the hierarchical medical system,both of the mild disease medical service market and the heavy disease medical service market reach equilibrium,under which circumstances there is no crowding out of medical chance of heavy disease patients.In the hierarchical medical system,it also found that the best geographical location of general hospital was in the center of a city and the best geographical location of basic hospital was in the center of each community.It suggested to enhance the primary hierarchical medical service quality,define the function of different-level hospital health care services,simplify health care transferral procedure and promote transferral efficiency.
Keywords：medical service-seeking choicehierarchical medical systemmedical service marketeconomic theory
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：3( 5-7 )