China's Central Finance Allocates RMB 10.4 Billion For Basic Healthcare Service Subsidies
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
China's central finance has allocated RMB 10.4 billion ($1.52 billion) to subsidize basic public healthcare services this year, a concrete step toward making such services freely accessible to all citizens. The healthcare reform plan has identified gradual standardization of basic public healthcare as one of five key reform measures from 2009 to 2011. The government aims to provide tangible benefits for citizens through transforming investment models, strengthening performance assessments and financial supervision, and raising fund disbursement benefits. To that end, relevant ministries or departments will progressively issue opinions, service specifications, fund management and performance effectiveness evaluation for basic healthcare uniformity. (Click here for more - Chinese Language)