What goals does China's medical insurance fund supervision aim to achieve? A quantitative analysis based on national-level policies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The goals of medical insurance fund supervision will influence the selection of supervisory methods and their effectiveness. This study aims to identify the multiple goals of China's medical insurance fund supervision and to examine the hierarchy and proximity among these goals.

Methods

133 national-level policies related to the goals of medical insurance fund supervision in China were selected. Frequency ranking and social network analysis were used to explore the hierarchical relationships among these goals. The Ochiai coefficient in the similarity matrix was used to assess the proximity. Clustering analysis was performed via the generation of a dendrogram, while multidimensional scaling was applied to validate the clustering results.

Results

Fund securit

SUBMITTER: Xu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12713235 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature