China Lures Private Hospitals to Revamp Healthcare, Will It Work?
October 01, 2012 at 23:33 PM EDT
Among the aggressive goals China has set as part of the country's revamping of its healthcare system, is the expansion of the role for private hospitals in delivering care. The Ministry of Health has publicly stated it wants to see inpatient and outpatient visits at private, for-profit hospitals increase nationwide from 8 percent in 2012 to 20 percent by 2015.