China will improve the sound development of private hospitals in a bid to increase medical service supplying and improve people's wellbeing.

 

中国将推动私立医院的健康发展以增加医疗服务供给、改善民生。

 

The decision was made at a State Council executive meeting chaired by Premier¹ Li Keqiang on Wednesday.

 

Deepening reform of the medicine and healthcare system and actively² promoting the development of private hospitals will help meet people's needs for medical services, better stimulate³ market vitality⁴ and unleash⁵ service consumption potential, said a statement released after the meeting.

 

Space for the development of private hospitals should be expanded, it said, adding that government departments should not impose restrictions⁶ on the aggregate⁷ volume as well as layout of private hospitals.

 

The meeting also required enhancing approval efficiency for private hospitals and that all localities should establish a cross-department approval mechanism⁸ by the end of this year.

 

China will beef up policy support for private hospitals and treat them equally with public ones in terms of interprovincial on-the-spot settlement of medical bills through basic medical insurance accounts.

 

Private hospitals will be encouraged to conduct cooperations with public medical institutions in developing Internet Plus Healthcare models and carrying out remote medicare services, according to the statement.

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