What is the current situation of the rehabilitation medical industry in China?
China's rehabilitation medical care is in the primary stage, with the aging of China's population increasingly serious, health awareness is constantly enhanced, the rehabilitation medical market demand continues to increase, the future market space is broad. With the reform of China's medical insurance policy and the introduction of related policies such as graded diagnosis and treatment, as well as the joint efforts of capital and technology, hundreds of billions of market will be launched soon.
Overview of Rehabilitation medical Treatment
As an important part of modern medicine and an important part of the trinity of "prevention, clinical treatment and rehabilitation", rehabilitation medicine is closely linked with treatment and can be divided into three stages: acute stage rehabilitation, post-acute stage rehabilitation and long-term nursing.
Rehabilitation medicine has obvious application value in general hospitals, which can effectively speed up the rehabilitation process of patients and significantly reduce the disability rate and fatality rate. The rehabilitation medical industry chain is roughly composed of three links: the upstream is the manufacturer of rehabilitation devices and drugs, the middle upstream is the rehabilitation medical institution, and the terminal is the patient.
The development status of China's rehabilitation medical industry
1. Insufficient supply of rehabilitation medical industry in China
With the aggravation of China's aging population, the change of disease spectrum, and the demand of patients caused by chronic diseases, the demand space of the rehabilitation medical industry continues to expand. It is reported that the scale of China's rehabilitation medical industry is expected to exceed 100 billion yuan in 2023, with an annual compound growth rate of over 18%.
On the other hand, the shortage of supplies is mainly reflected in the shortage of rehabilitation professionals and medical institutions. China's rehabilitation medical development level is not high, the number of rehabilitation hospitals, rehabilitation medical beds are few, the proportion of rehabilitation doctors in the population is low, lack of high-end rehabilitation equipment, and other aspects, has not formed a systematic, complete, adequate rehabilitation medical supply system.
2. Policies related to rehabilitation and medical care have been introduced in various regions
In recent years, all provinces (cities and autonomous regions) are actively promoting the transformation of level-II hospitals into rehabilitation hospitals, requiring all level-III hospitals to establish rehabilitation medical disciplines.
In 2018, three public medical institutions, including The First People's Hospital of Beijing Dongcheng District, completed rehabilitation transformation, and four hospitals, including Beijing Zhongguancun Hospital, will transform into rehabilitation medical institutions in 2019. Beijing municipal finance will subsidize 15 million yuan for each transition institution, which will be used for talent training, equipment and facilities procurement or housing maintenance and renovation.
In recent years, under the auspices and guidance of the government, Shanghai has transformed 5 secondary general hospitals into rehabilitation hospitals and provided certain financial and policy support. On January 1, 2018, the Shanghai Standard of Medical Insurance Payment for Medical Rehabilitation Projects of Basic Medical Insurance was implemented, increasing the number of rehabilitation treatment projects to 43, and appropriately raising the fee rate.
The Government of Qixia District in Nanjing and The People's Hospital of Jiangsu Province have formally established the "hospital-government mode", forming the rehabilitation medical service system integrating the People's Hospital of Jiangsu Province, Zhongshan Rehabilitation Hospital, Rehabilitation hospital of Qixia District Hospital and community service centers of Qixia District.
3. There is still room for improvement in the rehabilitation medical service system and mechanism
At present, the rehabilitation medical supplies, medical service system mechanism is perfect, but still abroad have perfect space, should fully draw lessons from foreign experience in medical rehabilitation, including clear structure and function of rehabilitation medical service system, according to the can depend on the rehabilitation of smooth and efficient medical service process, according to the standard concerned functions of medical insurance payment system, and guide the rapid development and improvement of various kinds of rehabilitation institutions, meet the demand of different levels, different stages of treatment of rehabilitation, also has realized the patients timely and smoothly triage and referral, promote the development of community rehabilitation services.
summary
At present, China's rehabilitation medical supply is insufficient, and the medical service system and mechanism are not perfect, which restricts the development of China's rehabilitation industry. We should learn from foreign mature experience and measures, meet the needs of rehabilitation at different levels and stages of treatment, and promote the development of community rehabilitation service institutions. It is believed that with the reform of China's medical insurance policy and the introduction of relevant supporting policies such as graded diagnosis and treatment, as well as the joint efforts of capital and technology, hundreds of billions of market will be launched soon.
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