编号：e-2023-3-1
题目：examining the zero-markup drug policy in china: a structural approach
作者：qifan huang, zhentong lu, and castiel chen zhuang
九游会平台的联系方式：chen zhuang，zogcee@gmail.com.
摘要：this paper estimates a structural model of china’s prescription drug market and quantifies the impact of the“zero-markup drug policy”on the profitability of hospital drugs and patient welfare. results suggest that: physicians’ prescription choices are sensitive to both patients’ out-of-pocket costs and hospitals’ drug markups; drug pricing is largely dominated by provincial governments; branded drugs are more preferable and less price elastic than generic ones; the policy accounts for more than half of the decrease in average wholesale price; overall the policy improves patient welfare, and decreases the sales and profits of hospital drugs.