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China 's Reform Plan For Implementing Healthcare System Reform

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China’s reform plan in 2009 Almost at the time, China released two important healthcare reform documents in 2009. The first, the State Council’s Opinions on Furthering Healthcare System Reform is a broad document that sets the reform framework through 2020. The second, the Ministry of Health’s Implementation Plan for Immediate Priorities in Healthcare System Reform, provides a more detailed map for the next three years. According to the China Business Review, the Implementation Plan is comprised of five major programs. The first is the universal coverage of basic medical insurance, which is similar with Obama’s healthcare plan. The government aims to extend each of the three main medical …show more content…

The government also aims to step up supervision and sampling to ensure a safe supply of drugs. The government will require all healthcare providers and retail pharmacies to stock and retail drugs on the NEDL, and grassroots healthcare providers may stock and retail only drugs on the NEDL. All other healthcare providers will be encouraged to use drugs on the NEDL as their “primary choice remedy.” Thus, the NEDL is expected to largely define the drug market in all but the urban hospitals. This measurer is very different the status in America. Guiding prices won’t happen in market-oriental economy. The third is improving primary care infrastructure. China will construct and renovate county hospitals and health centers, as well as training and rotating healthcare professionals to staff them. This activity will focus on grassroots healthcare providers. To strengthen the primary care system, patients will be encouraged to visit health centers as a first point of consultation, or receive visits from mobile medical teams, and be referred to hospitals only if they have secondary or tertiary care needs. In addition to improving accessibility, the health centers will ensure the affordability of their primary care services by using “appropriate” techniques, equipment, and essential medicines. The fourth is Pilot reform of public hospitals. The government will attempt to improve the governance of public hospitals and

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