Research on the Role of Private Hospitals in the Medical and Health System Reform in China

Abstract

China medical and health resources have been facing the dilemma of uneven distribution and long-term shortage due to our vast territory, large population and unbalanced development among regions. Therefore, private hospitals have emerged as the times require, and gradually developed into an important part of the medical and health service market in recent 30 years with the encouragement and support of relevant government policies. However, due to policy discrimination, unfair laws and regulations, and inadequate supervision, as well as the short-sighted behavior of some private hospitals, the number of private hospitals have increased very much but the quality is still very poor in recent years. There is a huge gap between the United States, Singapore and us, in terms of private hospitals performance and the development of national health care system reform. China private hospitals failed to achieve the original intention of becoming a useful supplement to public hospitals.In view of the above, this paper firstly reviews the current situation of private medical development through literature research, and then analyses the advantages and disadvantages of private hospitals from various aspects which consist of operation mode, operation mechanism, professional ability and service level. Then, studies the role of private hospitals in the medical and health system from the perspectives of policies, regulations, management mode, financing channels and social medical supplement. Finally, this article suggests that private hospitals should introduce high-end talents and advanced equipments to develop their capabilities of serving more patients, and focus on increasing investment in personalized customized medical care and community health care, so as to play a better role in the medical and health system reform. 中国民营医院在医疗卫生体制改革中的作用研究