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Healthcare reform in China remains a work in progress. The existing, government-run, largely one-payer system has proven inadequate in the face of a surging economy, rising patient needs and expectations, an aging population, and the lack of a universal health insurance system.
China's nascent private healthcare system offers an alternative, if not a complete, solution to the country's overall healthcare woes. Private healthcare offers patients more choice, greater access and better quality healthcare services – but at what cost, and to whom? Will private healthcare in China serve as a model of reform, or will it result in a two-tiered system – one for the haves, and another for the have-nots?
Healthcare reform in China remains a work in progress. The existing, government-run, largely one-payer system has proven inadequate in the face of a surging economy, rising patient needs and expectations, an aging population, and the lack of a universal health insurance system.
China's nascent private healthcare system offers an alternative, if not a complete, solution to the country's overall healthcare woes. Private healthcare offers patients more choice, greater access and better quality healthcare services – but at what cost, and to whom? Will private healthcare in China serve as a model of reform, or will it result in a two-tiered system – one for the haves, and another for the have-nots?
During this AmCham China Healthcare Forum and reception, healthcare experts from inside and outside China will offer their perspectives on these and related questions, such as:
-Are Chinese citizens becoming true consumers of healthcare? Is this a good or a bad thing?
-How will Chinese patients pay for privately provided healthcare?
-Is a viable, Chinese medical insurance industry a necessary precursor to a private healthcare sector?
-Are there lessons to be learned from outside China with respect to the privatization of healthcare?
-Are Chinese citizens becoming true consumers of healthcare? Is this a good or a bad thing?
-How will Chinese patients pay for privately provided healthcare?
-Is a viable, Chinese medical insurance industry a necessary precursor to a private healthcare sector?
-Are there lessons to be learned from outside China with respect to the privatization of healthcare?
