Liu Yandong: solving the global problem of medical reform with Chinese methods

Source: Xinhua Daily Telegraph on the afternoon of March 26, 2014, Liu Yandong, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and vice premier of the State Council, presided over a symposium on medical reform for cadres at the provincial and ministerial levels, stressing the need to earnestly implement the decision-making and deployment of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, further deepen medical reform, and adhere to the basic concept of providing basic medical and health systems as public products to the whole people, We should protect the basic level, strengthen the grassroots level and establish mechanisms, explore Chinese methods to solve the problems of medical reform, effectively alleviate the problems of difficult and expensive medical treatment, and constantly improve the people's health level Liu Yandong pointed out that medical reform is a major livelihood project and a major reform in the economic and social fields Based on the national conditions, reform and innovation should be carried out to promote the joint reform of medical treatment, medical insurance and medicine We will promote the reform of public hospitals, expand the pilot reform of county-level public hospitals to 1000 counties, eliminate the need to supplement medical services with drugs, rationally control the scale of public hospitals, establish a hierarchical diagnosis and treatment system, and ensure the rational distribution of high-quality medical resources We will further promote social medical services and multi-point practice of doctors, and provide people with multi-level and diversified medical services We will speed up the improvement of the national health insurance system, raise the per capita subsidy standard for urban and rural residents to 320 yuan, accelerate the construction of the major and major disease insurance system, and give full play to the role of supporting the bottom and helping the needy We will consolidate and improve the basic drug system and the new mechanism for grass-roots operation, strengthen public health services, and focus on "prevention and treatment of disease" We will standardize the order of drug circulation, reform and improve the mechanism for the formation of drug prices, and effectively prevent and control the problem of "inflated drug prices" We should strengthen the training of medical talents, establish a personnel compensation system that adapts to the characteristics of the industry, and mobilize the enthusiasm of medical personnel We will crack down on violent medical behaviors and build a harmonious relationship between doctors and patients.