Patients Perception and its Influence Factors of Drug Markups Removal Reform of Urban Public Hospitals in Nanjing City
Abstract：Objective To learn the out-of-pocket money and patients' perception about the drug markup removal reform in urban public hospitals with potential influencing factors,with the propose to improve the patient satisfactory degree.Methods A total of 640 patients were randomly sampled from 16 hospitals in Nanjing City,and hierarchical model was used to explore the influential factors from both individual level and hospital level.Results After the reform,the out-of-pocket money increased by 0.14％ and 0.56％ from urban employee scheme and urban resident scheme,respectively.74.4％ and 69.8％ of the respondents were positive of removing the drug markups and increasing the prices of medical service,respectively.66.3％ and 83.1％ of the respondents were in favor of expanding the reimbursement category and level,respectively.The influential factors were visit type,income level,perception of the reform and hospital,but there was temporarily no influential factors on the hospital level.Conclusion Measures should be proposed to improve the understanding towards reform in order to improve patients' satisfaction.
Keywords：public hospitalreformdrug markup removalpatient perceptioninfluence factor
Publication Date：2018-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 25-29 )