ArticleFrontiers in public health2026
Provider and patient perceptions of traditional Chinese medicine service pricing reform: evidence from Northeast China.
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Background: In 2025, China issued the Guidelines for the Establishment of Pricing Items for TCM Medical Services, aimed at shifting TCM services toward value-based pricing. This study examined provider, patient, and administrator perceptions of TCM pricing reform in Northeast China. Methods: A survey was conducted in Jilin and Liaoning provinces, yielding 399 valid questionnaires, including 250 from healthcare professionals, 125 from patients, and 24 from healthcare security and medical administration staffs. Healthcare professional data were analyzed using multivariate regression, patient data described demand-side perceptions and stated pricing preferences, administrator data provided contextual evidence. Results: Among healthcare professionals, professional title ( Conclusion: TCM service pricing reform is a health system coordination issue involving provider incentives, patient affordability, insurance payment, and equitable access. The findings support value-based cost accounting, tiered pricing and access mechanisms, improved patients value communication, and closer pricing-insurance coordination.
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