Recently, a notification was released by China’s National Health and Family Planning Commission and business supervision department announcing that the establishment of wholly foreign owned hospitals is allowed in seven provinces and municipalities, namely Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Fujian, Guangdong, and Hainan. The approval rights are decentralized to the provincial level. This bold move is a notable […]
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Deng Luo et al: A call for change for China’s doctors
“Where has the time gone?” was the title of a popular song from China’s 2013 Spring Festival Gala, which went viral after China Central Television broadcast it to billions of viewers. Interestingly, the song’s central question was also put to clinical physicians in a recent survey. Chinese physicians have provided medical services and helped patients for many years, but has the […]
Ma Zhen-Sheng et al: How can violence against doctors in China be prevented?
On 10 January 2014, a four year old female was hospitalized with fever in the department of pediatrics of Xi’an Central Hospital in Xi’an City, Shaanxi Province, and was discharged after six days of treatment. She was readmitted to the hospital with pneumonia two days following discharge, and was subsequently transferred to Xi’an Pediatric Hospital […]
Yueju Liu et al: The past and present of government funded healthcare in China
Yueju Liu,Yanling Su, Han Li, Juan Wang, and Yingze Zhang reflect on the past and present of government funded healthcare in China. Urban healthcare reform from 1949 to 1993 After the People’s Republic of China was established on 1 October 1949, Chairman Mao Tse-tung and the Chinese central government created a healthcare system, which provided […]