CHINA / National |
New plan for medical reform in 2007(CRIENGLISH.com )Updated: 2007-03-05 15:42 Health Minister Gao Qiang on Sunday said the new medical reform plan to be launched this year will form the primary framework for China's medical reforms. The new plan sets out the new medical reform policy, targets, roles and a schedule for implementation. The reforms will set up systems for basic medicare, medication, medical insurance and hospital management. Former Vice Health Minister Zhu Qingsheng said the core part of the medical reforms will focus on financing and management in hospitals. The Chinese government currently operates 95 percent of the 16,000 hospitals in the country. But the government is incapable of spending enough money to conduct reforms in all the hospitals. Overhauling the management system in hospitals will also pose a thorny
problem. A single hospital, like Peking University People's Hospital, is
overseen by the Education Ministry, Health Ministry and local government. The
Education Ministry manages the staff at the hospital, the Health Ministry
manages the financial affairs and the local government monitors the quality of
the services on offer. |
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