2024 Fu, Hongqiao, Terence C. Cheng, Jiajia Zhan, Duo Xu, Winnie Yip. 2024. “Dynamic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the demand for telemedicine services: Evidence from China.” Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 220:531-557. doi:10.1016/j.jebo.2024.02.015 The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the adoption of telemedicine worldwide. Understanding how demand for telemedicine services expands during and after the pandemic is important in assessing its sustainability into the future. This study uses detailed transaction…
Health Care System Reform and Policy Research in China
Yip, Winnie Chi-Man. 2020. Health Care System Reform and Policy Research in China (Health Care Policy in East Asia, A World Scientific Reference, Volume 1, part of World Scientific Series in Global Health Economics and Public Policy, Volume 6). World Scientific. Access the full article here. Summary During the past three decades, health care systems in the East Asian regions of China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan have undergone major…
Continue reading “Health Care System Reform and Policy Research in China”
Applications of DRG Payment Method and Pre-Conditions for its Implementation
The payment system reform is the focus of mechanism building in the health system reform in China. Of various payment systems, DRGs payment has attracted much attention in recent years, and also been explored in multiple pilot reforms. This article expounded the working principle of DRGs’ “risk adjustment” in the perspective of the essence of DRGs system. Based on the domestic and foreign reform practices in DRGs payment, it summarized…
Continue reading “Applications of DRG Payment Method and Pre-Conditions for its Implementation”
Publications in Chinese
Provider payments, demand- and supply-side incentives, benefit package design, and more!