JANUARY

CHINA
Organization of the Health System in China
China People’s Congress
Central Committee of Communist Party of China
State Council
Ministry of
Human
Resource and
Social Security
National
Development
and Reform
Commission
National
Health and
Family Planning
Commission
China Food
and Drug
Administration
Ministry
of
Finance
Ministry
of
Education
Urban
Employmentbased
Health
Insurance and
Urban Resident
Health Insurance
General Administration
of Quality Supervision,
Inspection, and Quarantine
National
Universities
State
Administration
of Traditional
Chinese
Medicine
Rural Newly
Cooperative
Medical
Scheme
Hospitals
Hospitals
Provincial
Governments
Chinese
Academy of
Medical
Science
China CDC
Bureau of
Health Politics
and Hospital
Administration
A similar
government
structure to
that at the
national level
Department
of Health
Care Quality
Source: Hai Fang, Peking University, 2015.
What is being done to promote delivery system integration and
care coordination?
Medical alliances are regional hospitals groups, often including one tertiary hospital and several secondary
hospitals and primary care facilities, that provide access to primary care facilities for patients with minor health
issues. The aim is to reduce the need for people to visit tertiary hospitals. At the same time, patients with
serious health problems can be referred to tertiary hospitals easily and moved back to primary care facilities
after their condition improves. It is hoped that this type of care coordination will meet demand for chronic
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