Comparative analysis on the current situations of private and public hospitals in Beijing / 中国卫生政策研究

ABSTRACT

Objective:To put forward some suggestions by comparing the current situation in both private and public hospitals. Methods:Comparing the basic information, scale, human resource and medical service management situation between the private and public hospitals by analyzing the 2014 Beijing health authorities report. Results:There are 355 private hospitals, 76. 1% of them are not rated and 59. 7% are not appointed for the medical insur-ance, and 82. 8% need to rent the land. Although the number of private hospitals is more than that of the public ones, their actual beds and health resources respectively account for only 20. 2% and 16. 4%. Besides, their in-come, assets and services also account for only about 10%. Conclusions:There is a big gap between the private and public hospitals in terms of scale, human resources and service ability. The Government should implement the policy about the ratings, medical insurance and the use of land which is given to support the private hospitals, and speed up the diversified medical model.