Table 1.
Summarized information about the 4 selected OHCsa.
| OHCs | Ranking (monthly active member) | Web-based business services (specific services provided) | Health care providers | |||||||
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Clinical treatment | Medical care (physical examination and aesthetic medicine) | Health management (health care education) | Shopping center (Health supplements) | Insurance services | Health IT | Pharmacy shopping |
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| A | Top 1 (11.87 million) | ✓b | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | N/Ac | N/A | N/A | Physicians can work in any hospital, but all pharmacists have to be the official staff of company A. | |
| W | Top 4 (4.30 million) | Xd | N/A | N/A | N/A | X | X | X | Physicians have to be the official staff working in company W; all specialists work in the first-class 3A hospitals. | |
| C | Top 3 (5.43 million) | —e | — | — | — | N/A | N/A | N/A | All specialists work in the first-class 3A hospitals. | |
| D | Top 7 (2.20 million) | — | — | — | — | N/A | N/A | N/A | All specialists work in the first-class 3A hospitals. | |
aOHC: online health community.
bTeleconsultation and personal physicians.
cN/A: not applicable.
dTeleconsultation and appointment schedule system.
eTeleconsultation.