What does medical reform mean?

China medical system reform, referred to as medical reform.

The purpose of medical reform is to establish a medical and health system with China characteristics, gradually realize the goal of basic medical and health services for everyone, improve the health level of the whole people and deepen the reform of the medical and health system.

Under the planned economy system, the medical and health system is clearly defined. China's medical and health undertakings have created a series of glories in medical services, prevention and health care, and made great achievements. The medical security system was gradually established and developed after the founding of New China. Due to various reasons, the medical security system is divided between urban and rural areas, each with different characteristics and development process. In cities and towns, it has gone through the stages of public expense and labor insurance medical system, the pilot stage of urban medical insurance reform, the establishment stage of the national basic medical insurance system for urban workers and the exploration stage of multi-level medical security system. In rural areas, with the rise and fall of the cooperative medical system, efforts should be made to build a new rural cooperative medical system, and then explore and improve the diversified rural medical security system.