WSEAS Transactions on Information Science and Applications
Print ISSN: 1790-0832, E-ISSN: 2224-3402
Volume 13, 2016
System Dynamics Modeling and Simulation on Medical Service Pricing of Government and Hospitals Co-Decision
Authors: , ,
Abstract: The methodology of System Dynamics-based modeling is argued to be a powerful and rigorous approach to theory-building. The argument of the paper is underpinned by an application of System Dynamics to the elaboration of a theory in medical service pricing. To improve the current pricing mechanism dominated by the government, the paper sets up the Causal Relationship model of medical service pricing to analyze dynamic equilibrium between various factors. And then this paper breaks the government independent pricing mode and establishes the pricing model based on government and hospitals co-decision that can avoid many existing drawbacks. Furthermore, this paper applies System Dynamics theory to build the simulation model of medical service pricing on Vensim simulation platform. In addition, based on Guangzhou health status, this paper applies this model to simulate the pricing process of Cardiac Output measurement and analyzes simulation results compared with the current price to illustrate the advantages of this model.
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Keywords: Causal Relationship model, System Dynamics, Delphi method, Pricing model, Cardiac Output Measurement
Pages: 72-79
WSEAS Transactions on Information Science and Applications, ISSN / E-ISSN: 1790-0832 / 2224-3402, Volume 13, 2016, Art. #8