Research on Governance of Medical Service Price Coordination in the Yangtze River Delta Region from the Perspective of Social Network Analysis
Objective:To explore the structural characteristics of the medical service price network in the Yangtze River Delta,and provide a new management perspective for the collaborative governance of medical service prices in the Yangtze River Delta.Methods:Taking the related medical security bureaus of some core cities in the Yangtze River Delta as samples,based on the social network analysis method,the structural characteristics of price linkage network are analyzed from the perspectives of network density and correlation,individual centrality and block model analysis.Results:Firstly,the price network is not tight and has poor stability;secondly,the price network is unbalanced,with the Municipal Medical Insurance Bureau playing different roles;thirdly,the price network has obvious spatial aggregation and spatial spillover.Conclusion:The overall situation of the medical service price linkage network is not optimistic,and the network advantages should be fully integrated to promote the coordinated development of medical service prices in the Yangtze River Delta Region.
Yangtze River Delta Regionsocial network analysismedical service pricecoordination governance