ABSTRACT
Objective To analyze the dilemmas of our hierarchical medical system, in order to seek a viable path for effective implementation.Methods Based on the Meter-horn model, six related factors were used, including policy standards and goals, policy resources, implementation methods, characteristics of the actuator, value orientation of the executive and the system environment, to analyze the dilemmas of the implementation of hierarchical medical system.Results This policy had not achieved the expected effect in the implementation process, which deviated from the original intention of policy designers to some extent. There exist the following setbacks for the roadblocks. For example, policy standard was ambiguous, the policy resources were insufficient, the execution method was not proper, the implementation mechanism was"criticized" , the implementation personnel value orientation was biased and the complex system environment.Conclusions All the factors involved in the implementation of the hierarchical medical policy affect each other.In this consideration, medical institutions at all levels and the relevant departments should coordinate and deal with the relationship between these six related factors, and timely take effective measures to amend and improve the policy, so as to ensure the orderly progress and long-term implementation of the hierarchical medical system.