Analysis of the implementation of healthcare plus aging care policy in China / 中华医院管理杂志

ABSTRACT

The healthcare plus aging care is a new type of aging care model that integrates medical services and aging care services. China has successively issued a series of policies, encouraging the localities to proactively explore such a model. The authors refer to the four dimensions of exchange and communication, policy resources, policy executor preferences and organizational structure in the Edwards policy execution model, for analyzing the implementation of such a policy. The study found such constraints for the policy as follows unclear policy implementation standards, inadequate policy resources of manpower, financial and material resources, differences in preferences among local governments, general hospitals, primary medical institutions, and pension institutions, as well as decentralized and restricted organizational structures. At present, the policy of healthcare plus aging care remains in the stage of exploration and trial. The government should continue to define and revise the policy to ensure the smooth progress and long-term implementation of the policy of healthcare plus aging care.