China To Invest RMB 100 Billion To Equip Grassroots Medical Care Institutions
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
Officials from the Department of Planning and Finance under China's Ministry of Health revealed that the country will invest about RMB 100 billion ($14.6 billion) by 2011 to support the development of grassroots medical care institutions. To date, central finance has allocated special subsidies of RMB 20 billion in three batches to fund the construction of 961 county hospitals, 3,556 central healthcare institutes and 1,153 community health service centers. MOH and the National Development and Reform Commission have jointly started the implementation of the grassroots healthcare system improvement program, which will support 2,000 county hospitals, 5,000 central healthcare institutions and 2,400 community health service centers cross the country. (Click here for more - Chinese Language)