Differential effect of China's Zero Markup Drug Policy on provider-induced demand in secondary and tertiary hospitals

• Main Authors: Xiaoxi Zhang (Author), Armand Zimmerman (Author), Hongyu Lai (Author), Yanyan Zhang (Author), Zhongyi Tang (Author), Shenglan Tang (Author), Osondu Ogbuoji (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Following the marketization of China's health system in the 1980's, the government allowed public hospitals to markup the price of certain medications by 15% to compensate for reduced revenue from government subsidies. This incentivized clinicians to induce patient demand for drugs which r...