China Kicks Off Healthcare Reform Countrywide
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
China's 31 provinces and municipalities have set up their respective task force teams for healthcare reform, headed by each's deputy governor or principal official. Overall implementation plans and supplementary documents for the next three years are being formulated, with breakdowns in task definitions and estimated budgets. The healthcare reform is being rolled out nationwide: Heilongjiang has officially kicked off reform implementation opinions; Anhui, Zhejiang, Shaanxi and Sichuan have started pilots for integrated planning of new rural cooperative medical care systems on the city level; while Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Hunan and Shandong are exploring the sale of essential drugs with zero profit margins in community healthcare institutions. (Click here for more - Chinese Language)