讲座题目：Standardization vs. Exploration: How Knowledge Spillovers Shape Healthcare Practices and Innovation

内容简介：This study uses a difference-in-differences (DID) approach to analyze how knowledge spillovers, facilitated by China’s Urban Medical Alliance (UMA) policy, influence clinical practices and innovation. Leveraging a novel dataset of radiology reports and prescription records from over 310,000 patients across 13 secondary hospitals, we apply machine learning algorithms to match each radiology report with its closest reference from a leading tertiary hospital, quantifying convergence in prescribing practices. Our findings reveal that the UMA policy significantly improved standardization in clinical decision-making, reducing total medical spending through more consistent care. However, this standardization came at the cost of innovation, as secondary hospital doctors’ academic output and citation impact declined following the policy’s implementation. These results highlight the trade-off between achieving uniformity in healthcare practices and fostering creative exploration, offering insights for future policy design.

主讲人：刘逸楠助理教授（中国人民大学应用经济学院）

讲座时间：2024年11月6日（周三）13:00—14:30

讲座地点：求是楼347会议室

讲座语言：中英文

主持人：赵丽秋 教授

参与人员：热烈欢迎广大师生参加。

主讲人简介：

刘逸楠，中国人民大学应用经济学院助理教授，于2021年毕业于南加州大学经济学系，获得经济学博士学位。主要研究领域为健康经济学、劳动经济学和公共经济学。她最近的研究工作主要关注微观个体如何应对医疗服务供应变化，包括在线医疗服务的扩展和新医疗技术的引入。目前已有研究成果发表在Journal of International Money and Finance上。