European Reference Networks and its inspiration for China′s healthcare alliances / 中华医院管理杂志

ABSTRACT

Introduced in the paper is the profile of the European Reference Networks(ERNs) which were established to cope with rare diseases, complicated diseases, low incidence diseases and those of high costs. ERNs are valuable for the healthcare alliances to be built in China, in terms of objectives, tasks and mechanisms. It also presents policy references for improvement of the health service system, rational allocation of medical resources and better medical competence in China.