Governing cross-border healthcare in mainland China : a scoping review of national policies from 2002 to 2022

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This study reviews national-level policies regulating cross-border healthcare in mainland China after it acceded to the World Trade Organization (WTO). Policy documents from official websites of the State Council and 19 ministries were screened, from which 487 policy documents were analyzed. WTO's five modes of trade and WHO's six building blocks of healthcare system were used to guide the analysis of policymaking patterns, charting of policy evolution process, identification of key policy areas, differentiation of 29 detailed policy themes, and identification of major countries/regions involved in cross-border healthcare. The findings lead to four policy recommendations: (1) to establish a national-level committee to govern cross-border healthcare, (2) to build an information system to comprehensively integrate various information on cross-border healthcare consumption and provision, (3) to take more proactive policy actions in healthcare internationalization, and (4) to carry out reform experiments in key sub-national regions to fully explore various possibilities in developing and regulating cross-border healthcare.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:45

Enthalten in:

The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific - 45(2024) vom: 27. März, Seite 101046

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yan, Xiang [VerfasserIn]
Han, Zixuan [VerfasserIn]
Ye, Pengpeng [VerfasserIn]
Yeh, Anthony Gar-On [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Xiaoping [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Anne W M [VerfasserIn]
Cheung, Kenneth M C [VerfasserIn]
Gong, Peng [VerfasserIn]
He, Shenjing [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

China
Cross-border healthcare
Health reform
Journal Article
Policy review
Review
Trade in healthcare services

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Date Revised 23.03.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101046

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370058674