Healthcare Reform should Prioritize Equality while Maintain Efficiency
- VernacularTitle:医疗改革应该公平优先、兼顾效率
- Author:
Shi-Xue CHEN
;
Ye-Shan XU
;
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Heahhcare reform;
Priority of fairness;
Maintain efficiency
- From:
Chinese Medical Ethics
1994;0(06):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
By equality in the healthcare retorm we mean equal access to healthcare protection.Future reiorm should establish a fair value concept and make great efforts to solve the serious lack of fairness in the current healthcare system.Efficiency in the healthcare refers to not only higher revenue income of medical institutes but also to utmostly meet the citizens" needs for medical service.For the sake of the most cost - effective distribution of the insufficient budgets and medical resources,medical services have to be diversified for an improved efficiency. In the framework of the healthcare reform,relations between equality and efficiency is the unity of opposites,and top priority shall be given to equality while maintain efficiency.
