China Economic ReviewTwo years ago I visited a military hospital in Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang province in northern China. While it was supposed to be an educational tour, the experience was more akin to a surreal amusement park ride. The hospital was the standard hospital green, but to liven up the walls, decorators had hung photographs […]
The central government has set aside US$733.3 million to prevent the H1N1 swine flu virus from entering the mainland, the South China Morning Post reported. In announcing the fund, Premier Wen Jiabao also pledged closer co-operation with international organizations to contain the disease, and ordered mainland health authorities to work closely with their counterparts in […]
Selling medicine on the retail level is big business in China, but mostly for hospitals. Various estimates put the hospital share of all pharmaceuticals sales at 60-80% – another cash cow for establishments operating under a fee-for-service business model. One of the long-term goals of China’s health reform is to move traffic away from overcrowded […]
As China prepares ambitious health care reforms, private players are angling for ways to participate
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