Beneficiary Population Analysis of Curative Care Expenditure in Community Health Service Institutions before and after Comprehensive Medical Reform in Beijing

Background It is of great significance to clarify the characteristics of the main population served by community health service institutions for the precise reform of community health service institutions in the next step. Objective To provide accurate data support for the next reform policy formulation and adjustment by analyzing the characteristics of the beneficiary population in terms of curative care expenditure (CCE) in community health service institutions in Beijing before and after the comprehensive reform. Methods The basic data of this study was obtained from the basic database of total health expenditure accounting in Beijing from 2016 to 2019, and other data was obtained from Beijing Health Statistical Yearbook, Beijing Health Financial Statistics Annual Report, and Beijing Health Expenditure Accounting Report from 2016 to 2019. The multi-stage stratified cluster sampling was adopted to select community health service institutions, and the annual out-patient data and in-patient data were included