• DocumentCode
    2159437
  • Title

    Economic analysis on the excessive growth of medical costs in China

  • Author

    Chun-hai, Tao

  • Author_Institution
    Grad. Sch., Jiangxi Univ. of Finance & Economic, Nanchang, China
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    26-28 Feb. 2010
  • Firstpage
    506
  • Lastpage
    509
  • Abstract
    Currently, China´s rapid growth of medical costs has become a hot issue that public concern. The exaggerated medical costs have become the main reason that constrains residents to make use of out-patient services and hospitalization services. According to this, the author makes an analysis on reasons affecting the excessive growth of China´s medical costs from the perspective of both the supply and demand side, and puts forward to rational proposals on controlling the excessive growth of China´s medical expenses according to this analysis.
  • Keywords
    costing; health care; patient care; supply and demand; China; economic analysis; hospitalization services; medical costs; out-patient services; supply and demand; Cities and towns; Costs; Finance; Forward contracts; Government; Medical control systems; Pressure control; Proposals; Statistical analysis; Supply and demand; economic analysis; excessive growth; medical costs;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Computer and Automation Engineering (ICCAE), 2010 The 2nd International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Singapore
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5585-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5586-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICCAE.2010.5451602
  • Filename
    5451602