The deputy director of the national health and family planning commission and director of the medical rehabilitation department of the state department, wang hezheng, presented at a press conference held at the new office of the secretary-general, the country's health reform has been effectively curbed by initiatives such as the “plus” (establishment of a pluralistic, multi-level universal health-care system) and the “reduced” (elimination of medicines and reform of the way health care is paid). The proportion of public expenditure on personal hygiene as a percentage of total health costs has fallen to 28. 8 per cent, a decrease of 12 percentage points from before the new round。
In terms of upgrading the capacity and level of services at the grass-roots level, wang heung described the state's central investment in supporting the infrastructure of 110,000 district hospitals and primary health-care institutions. All level iii public hospitals and more than 1,000 social health-care institutions are involved in the construction of the health-care network, with 4. 83 million referrals in 2017, an increase of 91. 2 per cent over the same period. The number of medical institutions providing telemedicine services has increased to 13,000。
In terms of health care, the number of basic health insurance participants exceeds 1. 35 billion and the rate of participation has stabilized at over 95 per cent. In 2017, the per capita financial subsidy for basic health insurance for urban and rural residents was raised to 450 yuan, and 375 medicines were added to the health insurance list. Major illness insurance coverage for urban and rural residents covers 1. 05 billion people, and the rate of reimbursement for medical care for major patients has increased by about 12 percentage points on average, and the system of emergency medical assistance has cumulatively reached nearly 700,000。
With regard to institutional reform, we have pushed ahead with the comprehensive reform of public hospitals. Wang hae-hyun said that, in 2017, all public hospitals throughout the country were fully reformed by the comprehensive reform of public hospitals, and that the policy of eliminating drug additions was fully implemented, with the conversion of the three channels of compensation for past fees for services, for the pharmaceutical products, for the government subsidy to the service fee and for the government subsidy. At the same time, the growing demand for medical services is being met to the greatest extent possible through a series of pro bono measures, such as appointments, day surgery and mutual recognition of the results of peer examinations。
The increasing availability of medical resources has been accompanied by better quality medical care. Wang ha xin indicated that in 2016 there were 2. 3 doctors and 5. 4 beds per 1,000 population, an increase of 27. 8 per cent and 50 per cent respectively over 2010. According to the current preliminary statistics, this number continues to grow in 2017, while the efficiency of visits has improved, hospital beds have moved faster, and more patients in need can be admitted in a timely manner. “the capacity of medical services has improved significantly and quality security has continued to improve through a variety of measures, including the improvement of the system of standards for quality management of health care. About half of the country's county hospitals are now able to perform complex surgeries such as skull tumors and cervical vertebrates, and medical services are more equitable, and a growing number of people have access to quality medical services in the region.”
