A Study On The Measurement Of Purchasing Power Parity For Medical Services

Medical service consumption is an important part of people's consumption.The differences between regions are increasingly obvious.There are still many problems in pricing medical services,such as multi-participation,price and cost mismatch,unreasonable cost accounting,etc.The study of the price of interregional medical services is helpful to judge whether the local medical service price conforms to the local development status,and provides reference for relevant departments.This paper,guided by the world bank purchasing power parity measurement theory,divides the comprehensive medical services into 10 basic categories by using public data such as provincial health and Health Commission and Price Bureau.According to the Country Product Dummy and GEKS methods of Purchasing Power Parity measurement of the world bank,the price index of comprehensive medical services in 25 provincial units is calculated and compared in 25 regions of China.In addition,the author introduces disposable income index to compare the results,and introduces the adjustment coefficient of medical service quality to exclude the price difference caused by the difference of medical service quality in different regions.Through comparative analysis,it is found that there are still some problems in the pricing of medical services in some areas of China,such as the standard is not uniform and the local economic situation is not matched.The developed areas show a certain low-level phenomenon,while the underdeveloped areas show a high phenomenon.In addition to medical factors,the local economic indicators should be considered comprehensively in each region,and the delivery between regions should be considered comprehensively.Flow cooperation is also an important channel to promote the balance of medical service prices among regions.The research innovatively introduces the per capita disposable income ratio and the adjustment coefficient of medical service quality to study.Referring to the consumption level of local people,it can reflect whether the pricing is reasonable or not,and the price situation in different regions under the unified level can be reflected after eliminating the interference of quality factors.However,there are still some problems in this paper,such as the number of regions not covering all regions,and the lack of complexity of indicators,and so on.It is hoped that scholars can improve in future.