ABSTRACT
Objective To learn the comments on the practice of "Management Regulations of Medical Institutions(Regulations below)" by those related to such Regulations. And to identify problems found in the application. Methods A questionnaire was designed by means of literature review and expert brainstorming, to learn the awareness of the respondents on the Regulations, and their comments on regional planning of medical institutions, setup approval authority, classification of medical institutions, and regulators of these institutions. A total of 1 000 questionnaires were delivered to medical institutions, health administrative authorities and patients at large 854 valid questionnaires were recovered, with the data analyzed in descriptive statistics. Results 90.7% of the respondents supported the revision of the main contents of the Regulations. 54.3% of them held that not all types of medical institutions need to be limited by regional planning; 69.1% of them held that the regulatory powers of different rankings on the business approval need to be revised; 56.9% of them held that the Regulations should clarify the legal status of other regulatory authorizes over medical institutions. The respondents also named 11 articles of the Regulations to be added. Conclusions A number of articles of the Regulations need to be revised, such as those on setup approval and classified administration, to meet administrative needs and medical institutions' development needs. In the meantime, interest relationship of health administrators, medical institutions and patients should be taken care of as well.