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Running head: Asia’s healthcare system 1Asia’s Healthcare SystemStudent’s nameInstitutional affiliation
Asia’s healthcare system 2According to Yan, Tang, & Zhang, (2016) the Chinese health care system has seen various changes from changes and transformations. Initially, china has a centralized health care system. The system has continually seen transformation since 1980 along with decentralization from county governments to the township governments. This has helped to strengthen the primary healthcare system despite numerous challenges in quality assurance, policy formulation and the structural outfit. The challenges have been heightened by the inadequate health IT systems, insufficient education financial policies and incentives which do not ensure technical efficiency among others. This paper focuses on the essence of china’s healthcare system, how it compares with the US health care system and the advantages and disadvantages of china’s healthcare system.The essence of china’s health care systemThe most important facts to consider about china’s health care system is that it is supervised, controlled and regulated by government either directly or indirectly. This ensures formulation of policies that favor the continuous improvement in quality and standards of health care in the hospitals (Zheng, Wang, Li, & Yu, 2015). The government also ensures that the right to health services is accorded to all citizens through construction of hospitals and deployment of workers in places where there are insufficient health services. The government also finances insurance at the national level to all the citizens through three major types of health insurance. These types includes the urban employment based, urban resident based and the cooperative medical insurance. Private insurance is also available to supplement government efforts in financing health in China.The health insurance has comprehensive benefits as it covers all primary health services, mental health and well-being, medicines, emergency services, and a few dental services therefore
Asia’s healthcare system 3reducing out of pocket costs. Primary health care in china is delivered by community health workers such as doctors based in the villages, there are also clinics in the rural areas where patients visit for treatment, general practitioners in urban areas and towns, and medical professionals in cities and large hospitals. In the rural areas, it is not mandatory for the health practitioners to have a license which helps to reduce costs charged for medication (Huang, 2015).China’s health care system is important in providing sufficient and quality health to its vast population through the communist government. To ensure this, there are several types of hospitals depending on the nature of services such as private and public, nonprofit and for profit. Traditional medicine and traditional health practitioners are recognized especially in the rural areas. The governance and regulation is headed by the ministry of health but the government through the national people’s congress is also responsible for making and amending laws that relate to the health sector. Comparison between china’s and USA healthcare systemsAccording to Burwell, (2015) the health care system in the United States may have several differences with that of china based on the difference in governance in the two countries and the annual spending in health care services in both countries. However, there are also severalsimilarities based on the fact that the two countries have vast populations, large developed economies and a central focus on improving the quality and delivery of health care services. To begin with, in both countries, health care is funded by the government either directly or indirectly, this does not rule out the fact that health care may also be provided by well-wishersand nonprofit organizations. The ministries of health in both countries are charged with the role of regulation and enforcement of policies to continually improve quality and the method of
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