The Challenge and Measures after Dialysis Therapy Entered in Rural Medical Insurance of Serious Diseases / 中国卫生经济

ABSTRACT

Objective: To analyze the challenge and measures of current status in China after dialysis therapy entered in rural medical insurance of serious diseases. Methods: Based on the recent data from renal registry network in China, the primary disease, morbidity, therapy patterns and costs of end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients were analyzed the challenge and issue. Results: The number of ESRD patients is continuous growing during recent years. Hemodialysis is the main dialysis therapy pattern of ESRD and the cost is enormous. The dialysis centers and associated physicians in China are not enough. Conclusion: Prevention of ESRD in the early stage should be recommended, and medical quality of dialysis register should be administrated. It is needed to enhance medical quality management, establish county-level blood purifying center, encourage the business insurance and use medical community, chain operation and technology export to decrease medical costs.