Integrating Health and Care for Older People in China: What Has Been Accomplished? What is Next?

Aligning with the ongoing health care reform to strengthen primary care, especially the promotion of “contracted services of family physicians” [7] and home-based medical care [8], health and care integration at community level was vigorously promoted in policy. In 2022, the National Reform and Deve...

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Published in:International journal of integrated care 2023-01, Vol.23 (1), p.16-16
Main Authors: Hu, Linlin, Glavin, Ye-Fan Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aging
care
china
Chronic illnesses
Disability
Elder care
Federal government
Geriatrics
health
Health care policy
Health insurance
Health services
Integrated delivery systems
integration
Long term health care
Older people
Pilot projects
Professionals
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Summary:Aligning with the ongoing health care reform to strengthen primary care, especially the promotion of “contracted services of family physicians” [7] and home-based medical care [8], health and care integration at community level was vigorously promoted in policy. In 2022, the National Reform and Development Commission (NDRC), in coordination with other departments, brought out an initiative to improve the capacity of delivering health and care integrated services at the community level, with central government budget allocations to fund chained elderly care institutions in communities, basic public health services for the elderly and the training of community health and care workers [9]. [...]there are unspecified quality standards and poor monitoring and evaluation of quality in practice. The regulatory system should be reformed to enable joint quality evaluation and monitoring of integrated service delivery, and unified core quality standards should be established to measure and guide quality improvement.
ISSN:1568-4156
1568-4156
DOI:10.5334/ijic.7598