China to improve health care system: official  

中国卫生部长：健全全民医保 取消以药补医

中国卫生部长陈竺表示，要加快健全全民医保体系，取消以药补医机制，加快推进县级公立医院综合改革试点。

Beijing (CNS) -- China will accelerate construction of a national health care system and speed up reform of public hospitals at the county level, said Health Minister Chen Zhu at a training session on Friday.

Medical reform in the past three years has achieved short-term results, Chen said, adding that an institutional framework for basic health care in cities and villages has been built.

Chen said medical reform should cover 10 fields, including rural doctors, private capital for hospital construction, information sharing and stronger regulations to ensure the safety of medical services.