Healthcare in China: Difference between revisions

=== HospitalHospitals refusesrefusing patients on regular national medicare ===

In 2010, to prevent the loss of medical insurance funds caused by fraudulent insurance and <s>large</s> high-priced prescriptions, [[Jinan|Jinan City]] began to assess the total hospital expenses and, number of outpatient visits, and the medical insurance pooling fund for overspending will not be paid.<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |title=多地医保卡暗藏"灰色利益链" 正侵蚀医保基金-搜狐新闻 |url=http://news.sohu.com/20101103/n277028663.shtml |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=news.sohu.com}}</ref> Hospitals began to put pressure on doctors <s>to</s> by deducting the income of departments and doctors if they exceeded the limit. Therefore, this practice <s>leads</s> led to the department rejecting medical insurance patients as soon as the quota is full.<ref name=":23" /> The hospital is most willing to accept patients such as self-funded patients, public-funded medical patients, and patients who receive health care from <s>in</s> monopoly industries such as finance and electricity. The average age of employees in these industries are low, and so are the rates for their medical treatment. However, they are more capable of paying for their medical costs because of their insurance coverage through employment. As a result, hospitals were less willing to accept local patients who receive regular medical insurance. In 2016, the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University in Hunan, Kunming Children's Hospital, and the 82nd Army Hospital of the Chinese People's Liberation Army in [[Baoding]] 2019 also refused to accept patients who were on medicare.<ref>{{Cite web |title=中国网--网上中国 |url=http://www.china.com.cn/ |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=www.china.com.cn}}</ref>