AFRO-NETS> RFI: Hospital Alliances

[Dr Haichao Lei <hchlei@sina.com>]

RFI: Hospital Alliances
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Dear colleagues,

I am a health economist at the Department of Health Economics in Bei-
jing Centers for Public Health. I am working on a research project of 
hospital alliances (group, trust or merger interchangeably). In re-
cent two or three years, hospital alliances began to emerge in China. 
Generally and usually, several hospitals merge together to share re-
sources and establish referral systems in the network. In this net-
work, there is usually a relatively large hospital, which is in the 
dominant position. It often output management and technicians to the 
other hospitals, which are relatively small. In China, there are dif-
ferent opinions towards this development direction. Some experts re-
gard this phenomenon as monopoly in service delivery market. Others 
think it useful to save resources and promote economic scale.

I hope to learn about the international experiences in this field. 
Does anyone have some evidences or literatures about the hospital al-
liances development? Suggestions and comments are also welcome. I 
hope to collaborate with foreign experts on this topic.

Thanks in advance!
Wishes!

Yours,

Haichao Lei Ph.D.
Director
Center for Health Economics
Beijing Municipal Centers for Diseases Prevention & Control
Beijing Municipal Research Centers for Public Health
Beijing, China
No.16, He Ping Li Zhong Str.
Zip: 100013
Tel: +86-10-6421-2147
Fax: +86-10-6421-4405
mailto:hchlei@yahoo.com
or
mailto:hchlei@sina.com


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