Impact of zero-markup consumable policy and national procurement of coronary stents on hospitalization expenses: an interrupted time series analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

After the successful reforms of drug pricing, China has implemented two significant reforms to reduce medical consumables expenses: the elimination of markup on prices (zero-markup policy) and the implementation of centralized procurement of high-value medical consumables (national procurement policy). The public hospitals in Guangdong province had implemented the zero-markup policy and national procurement policy for coronary stents. Currently, research on the zero-markup consumable policy and national procurement of coronary stents for medical consumables at the hospital level lacks analysis of changes in cost structures (other expenses) and studies on hospital response strategies.

Objective

This study aims to examine the effects of these reforms on hospitalizat

SUBMITTER: Wu SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11821580 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature