I've been wanting to do this 🧵 for a while: Chinese public hospitals, how the Chinese healthcare system is so different from the Western one and why I personally find it awesome.— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) October 24, 2021
It also has some very fair criticisms for the system too of course, but some of these do seem plenty fixable overtime.
Save for having exams done right after the consultation, what he's describing is not a good system at all.
The way I see it, it places all focus on secondary (established disease) and tertiary (rehabilitation) care, while completely ignoring primary (prevention) care. This means that a lot of people will suffer from chronic, preventable diseases, creating not only unecessary suffering, but also a greater need for expensive exams, medications and interventions.
What he's describing is completely based on profits and not at all on well being. Make sure you fight for a primary care based health system.
Save for having exams done right after the consultation, what he's describing is not a good system at all.
The way I see it, it places all focus on secondary (established disease) and tertiary (rehabilitation) care, while completely ignoring primary (prevention) care. This means that a lot of people will suffer from chronic, preventable diseases, creating not only unecessary suffering, but also a greater need for expensive exams, medications and interventions.
What he's describing is completely based on profits and not at all on well being. Make sure you fight for a primary care based health system.