AnEmpirical Study on the Measurement of Transaction Costs in Health Management Alliances
Miao Yudong
Niu Yadong
Ren Ruizhe
Li Xiangxu
Zeng Xin
Li Yinfei
Shen Zhanlei
Abstract：Objective To measure the transaction costs of the health management alliance with the clue of the re-ferral treatment of patients with hypertension and diabetes.Methods Based on the Williamson-Zhang Wuchang analy-sis paradigm,a transaction cost measurement matrix of health management alliance was established.Through the typical sampling method,the health management alliance of County N in Shandong Province was selected as a re-search example to carry out empirical research.Results In 2023,the total transaction costs of the sampled health management alliance reached to 6 726 700.00 yuan,and the average transaction cost per referral patient was 3 846 yuan.The leading hospital accounted for 79.45％of the transaction cost,followed by the CDC.Meanwhile,busi-ness coordination cost accounted for 47.18％of the total transaction cost,and the average transaction cost per refer patient with hypertension or diabetes was 700.90 yuan.Conclusion The total transaction costs of the health manage-ment alliance was large,and it was mainly borne by the leading hospital.Patients also need to bear considerable transaction costs.The countermeasures included improving the service integration mechanism,establishing economi-cal system supply path,and coordinating actions between social health insurance system and health care system.
Keywords：health management allianceintegrated delivery systemtransaction cost
Publication Date：2024-08-05
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 9-12 )