Medical Reform Events.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 3 Medical Reform Events 1997 ‘CPC Central Committee and State Council on Health Reform and Development’s decision’ introduction of a formal set off a prelude to medical reform. 1998 ‘of the State Council on establishing the basic medical insurance system for urban workers and the decision of’ introduction. To implement the above two decisions, to further mobilize the enthusiasm of medical and health workers, optimizing the allocation of health resources to improve medical ethics, improve quality of medical services, rectifying the order of production and circulation of drugs, the State Council decided to establish the basic medical insurance system for urban workers, while to carry out urban medical and health system. February 16, 2000 ‘on the reform of urban medical and health guidance’ formally introduced, calls for the establishment of socialist market economy of urban medical and health institutions, health institutions and the pharmaceutical industry to promote healthy development, so that people can enjoy reasonable price, good quality medical services and improving people’s health. February 26, 2000 -28 at the 2000 meeting of the National Health Office of the Secretary formally proposed, the hospital is divided into for-profit hospitals and nonprofit hospitals, medical separation, should the hospital outpatient pharmacy into pharmaceutical retail enterprises, independent accounting, and pay taxes. July 5, 2000, the State Development Planning Commission official news, announced that it would substantially reduce the number of central and pricing, the retail price level of domestically produced drugs, with an average price cut of about 30 percent, the biggest drop in more than 60%. The lower prices of medicines are mainly used class of antibiotics and other drugs, including cefradine, ceftriaxone sodium, ranitidine, lacidipine, hydrochloric acid, venlafaxine, nimesulide, Pan Wei Xi-off, single peak of pure long-term insulin, inter