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Research On Medical Ethics In China 's Medical Service Market

Posted on:2016-04-05Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:W LiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2134330470979961Subject:Western economics
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Medical services market is different from the general market, its specificity determines the inevitable of moral hazard on medicine, the Significant manifestation of this issue is the induced demand because of information asymmetry between doctors and patients. This paper relies on the principal-agent theory and asymmetric information theory, summary and analysis the performance of medical moral hazard in the health care market.By discussing the moral hazard in excessive checking, excessive drug and morality in hospitalization and charges, delves into the specific reasons for this opportunity tendency. In the environment of our "drug dependent medical" system and the lack of national financial investment, due to the serious information asymmetry between doctors and patients, the doctor often use their informational advantage to produce excessive medical behavior in order to obtain their own interests. This eventually leads to the waste of medical resources,and increases the burden on patients. Meanwhile, the medical information opaque and the inadequate of regulatory mechanisms also contributed to medical moral hazard-proneThe article analysis the basic performance of the moral hazard and the causes,gives us several corresponding solutions and suggestions. To improve the market mechanism defects including medical advice, such as promoting reform of medicine circulation system and doctors’ income distribution system; Improve the asymmetric information, such as establish a public information service release system; strengthen the supervision of the project, such as the establishment of patient information feedback and accountability system, strengthen self-discipline and supervision of public opinion.To prevent the moral hazard is a very difficult problem all over the world, According to the system and the social environment and other special factors, China’s medical service industry has a certain particularity, so to prevent moral hazard, to solve the conflict between doctors and patients can not be done overnight, it needs each department work together,and learn from the experience at home and abroad,and gradually form a transparent, harmonious medical environment.
Keywords/Search Tags:Moral risk, Information Asymmetry, Excessive medical treatment
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