Methods and Challenges of Quality-adjusted Price Index for Health Services
Nong Jingya
Zhai Tiemin
Abstract:Health-care expenditure adjusted by the health-care service price index is of great significance in accurately reflecting changes in indicators related to health expenditure,and in setting and adjusting the prices of health services.At present,there is no suitable quality-adjusted price index for medical services to deflate indicators related to health-care expenditure in China.It mainly introduces the Hedonic Price Model,the production cost method,and the expert method for the quality-adjusted health service price index,and provides references and suggestions for the quality-adjusted health service prices index in China.
Keywords:health services priceprice indexquality adjustment
Publication Date:2025-08-05
Online Publishing Date:2025-08-27(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages:4( 67-70 )
Chinese Health Economics

Chinese Health Economics

ISTICPKUAMI
ISSN:1003-0743
Year, Vol.(Issue):2025,44(8)