Analysis of the Applicability of the CVS Business Model in the Medical Retail Industry in China

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10.2991/978-94-6463-098-5_132How to use a DOI?

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oligopolies; operating models; healthcare; retail; US and China

Abstract

CVS is the United States of America's medical retail industry oligarchy distributed in large and small cities in the United States. The rapid development of CVS over the decades since its inception has brought convenience to Americans and has led us to consider whether the Chinese medical retail industry can follow such a model. This paper analyzes the Chinese and American healthcare systems and business models through case studies and comparative analysis and finds that the oligopoly model of CVS does not apply to the complex healthcare market in China. Patients will have access to more precise treatment options when they repurchase because of CVS's extensive national medical records, which also include the diagnostic findings and prescription medicine information from MinuteClinic. Patients would be able to promptly inform their doctors about their particular health conditions when they repurchase prescriptions if there were such a national medical record. Such a method and model could increase the effectiveness of doctors in a nation like China, which has a large patient population. Patients will be able to access more swiftly because of the large national chain and the dense concentration of pharmacies in the city. Oligopolies like CVS are unable to expand in China due to the disparate healthcare systems and healthcare retail profiles between the U.S. and China, but people can also learn from the advantages and disadvantages of the CVS operating model to better create a distinct healthcare retail sector for China.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Qingying Gao
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/27
TI  - Analysis of the Applicability of the CVS Business Model in the Medical Retail Industry in China
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 4th International Conference on Economic Management and Cultural Industry (ICEMCI 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1170
EP  - 1177
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-098-5_132
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-098-5_132
ID  - Gao2022
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