Hospital competition via healthcare quality differentiation under the reform of hospital payment mode: from the perspective of industrial organization and incentive theory
In this project, funded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, theoretical investigations will be conducted on healthcare quality improvement through reforms on medical payment systems. The researchers will combine economic theoretical methods, including the theory of industrial organization, incentive theory, regulation theory and the game theory. The project is motivated by ongoing healthcare reforms in developing countries that implement multi-compound medical insurance payment mode that is mainly based on the Diagnostic Related Groups (DRG) system. ANU Lead Chief Investigator is Associate Professor Yijuan Chen (RSE). This project commenced in 2024.