The practice of health care alliance in Huangzhong county, Qinghai province
10.3969/j.issn.1674-2982.2015.10.005
- VernacularTitle:青海省湟中县医疗联合体改革实践
- Author:
Luyu ZHANG
;
Weiming ZHU
;
Huifen MA
;
Yinzi JIN
;
Li HE
;
Dahai YUE
;
Qingyue MENG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Health care alliance;
Reform;
Vertical integration
- From:
Chinese Journal of Health Policy
2015;(10):24-28
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The fragmentation of health care system within a county and serious capacity constraints of health-care services in township health centers are generally the most significant problems facing underdeveloped counties in western China. Under constraints of limited public financial resources, how to increase service capability of township health centers and improve service quality, continuity and convenience of health care system has become one of the most severe challenges in implementing China’s county health care system reform. This paper takes Huangzhong coun-ty, Qinghai province as a case study. It investigates how the locals use health care alliance to vertically integrate county health care resources during reform implementation, analyzes various aspects of reform measures and the corre-sponding structural characteristics such as the integration of administrative management, integration of human re-sources, dual diagnosis referral, interoperability of information systems, sharing of resources and test results, etc. , and provides similar China’s counties with a case study to be used for reference.
