The Sanming Model: The Path for China's Healthcare Reform?

The future for China healthcare may have been discovered in Sanming, a smaller city located in Fujian Province on China's southeast coast. In 2011, the metropolitan area, whose healthcare system suffered from much the same difficulties as other China cities, was also facing a specific problem: one of its insurance funds was running a large deficit. Instead of addressing that issue as a standalone difficulty, Sanming decided it would attempt a comprehensive reform. It would consider matters such as drug pricing, unequal coverage of individual insurance plans, hospital revenue structure and salaries for health workers. It found that these seemingly separate, fairly difficult problems were in fact interrelated. By aiming for a comprehensive solution, it moved towards a healthcare delivery system that solved its immediate problem and some long-term structural difficulties. It seems to work better for everyone. More details....

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