Chinese Journal of Hospital Administration 2010;26(10):729-732

doi:10.3760/cma.j.issn.1000-6672.2010.10.003

Role of improved primary healthcare compensation for curbing over-treatment

Qiang FU ; Ping SUN ; Yu QI ; Junhong SUN

Keywords

Primary healthcare; Health reform; Compensation; Over-treatment; Expenses control

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

Unleashed growth of gross healthcare expenses has emerged a major headache for public administration of countries at large.In China as well,such a rapid growth is incurred mostly by overtreatment due to irrational healthcare compensation.Against this background,it is highly significant to have a brand new insight into over-treatment in China' s viewpoint,and to further study the role of an improved mechanism for primary healthcare compensation for the purpose of curbing over-treatment.These efforts will help improve the primary healthcare service and realize goals of the ongoing health reform.