China has the largest population in the world and has a huge medical needs.Research on China’s health workforce indicate that China encounter problems of shortages,imbalances and maldistribution in medical resources....China has the largest population in the world and has a huge medical needs.Research on China’s health workforce indicate that China encounter problems of shortages,imbalances and maldistribution in medical resources.Until 2014,China’s total health workforce are 10.2 million,of which licensed doctors are 2.4 million and licensed assistant doctors are 0.5 million(1).Most of these doctors are distributed in state-owned health institutions in relatively developed areas,working as civil servants,rather than independent medical professionals.Taking eye care as an example,there was only about 26 ophthalmologists per million population in China according to the latest domestic survey in 2016(2).And it is reported that cataract surgery rate in China is lagging behind.Only 1,425 people per million received cataract surgery in 2014,while about 5,000 people per million receive such surgery in India and 8,000 people in the US every year(3).Additionally,China has been suffering a high attrition rate among physicians and medical graduates over the past 10 years,going with low physician production,and rapid population growth(4).Based on its national conditions,China institute double reforms of its health-care systems and medical education.展开更多
文摘China has the largest population in the world and has a huge medical needs.Research on China’s health workforce indicate that China encounter problems of shortages,imbalances and maldistribution in medical resources.Until 2014,China’s total health workforce are 10.2 million,of which licensed doctors are 2.4 million and licensed assistant doctors are 0.5 million(1).Most of these doctors are distributed in state-owned health institutions in relatively developed areas,working as civil servants,rather than independent medical professionals.Taking eye care as an example,there was only about 26 ophthalmologists per million population in China according to the latest domestic survey in 2016(2).And it is reported that cataract surgery rate in China is lagging behind.Only 1,425 people per million received cataract surgery in 2014,while about 5,000 people per million receive such surgery in India and 8,000 people in the US every year(3).Additionally,China has been suffering a high attrition rate among physicians and medical graduates over the past 10 years,going with low physician production,and rapid population growth(4).Based on its national conditions,China institute double reforms of its health-care systems and medical education.
