Interpretation of World Rehabilitation Alliance Strategic Plan 2025-2030 and its implications for China
10.3969/j.issn.1006-9771.2026.10.011
- VernacularTitle:世界康复联盟2025-2030战略规划解读及对中国的启示
- Author:
Qi XU
1
;
Tiebin YAN
1
;
Shiwei RUAN
2
Author Information
1. The Fifth Hospital of Xiamen, Xiamen, Fujian 361101, China
2. The Affiliated People's Hospital of Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian 350004, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
World Rehabilitation Alliance;
functioning;
Healthy China 2030;
15th Five-Year Plan for National Health;
medical rehabilitation and nursing capacity expansion project
- From:
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice
2026;32(10):1227-1232
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
ObjectiveTo interpret the World Rehabilitation Alliance (WRA) Strategic Plan 2025-2030, construct a comparative framework based on key policy dimensions of health systems, and explore its implications for China. MethodsA policy analysis and comparative research approach was adopted. The WRA strategy and China's rehabilitation policies were compared across five dimensions: governance and institutions, functional measurement and information systems, financing and payment, human resources, and service delivery and equity; while distinguishing policy objectives from implementation outcomes. ResultsThe core tenets of the WRA strategy were highly aligned with those of China's rehabilitation policies. China already made clear arrangements for its rehabilitation service network and human resource planning. Nevertheless, further strengthening was needed in the institutionalization of functional measurement, economic evidence on rehabilitation investment, and effective coverage of, and equity in, primary/community-based rehabilitation. ConclusionDuring the 15th Five-Year Plan period, China could draw on the WRA strategic framework to explore feasible pathways for integrating functional assessment based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) into national health monitoring and medical insurance payment systems, accumulate economic evidence on rehabilitation investment, improve the three-tier rehabilitation collaboration network, and address equity at the community level.
