China
Government issues health reform plan
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Source: CCTV.com | 04-07-2009 09:00
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The central government has issued a blueprint for health care over the next decade. It marks the beginning of much anticipated reforms to fix the ailing medical system and to provide fair and affordable health services for everyone.
The central government has issued a blueprint for health care over the next decade. |
Highlights:
China's health care blueprint
Basic health-care system:
public hygiene service
medical care service
health care insurance
and medicine supply
Public hygiene service system:
basic disease prevention
health education
mother and infant health care
mental health
first aid services
Medical care service system:
public hospitals be dominant providers of the services
more room for grassroots-level hospitals and clinics
Medical insurance system:
diversified services to cover unemployed
more medical subsidies
Medicine supply system:
stricter control of drug distribution and use
more supervision of prices