China's premier urges more medical reforms
30-Apr-15, CCTV
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has called for more medical reform measures to overcome difficulties in the healthcare system.
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His remarks were a written instruction presented to a meeting on medical and healthcare system reform on Wednesday.
The instruction identified the key areas that needed attention, such as hospitals should be prevented from being "financed by drug sales", the medical insurance payment system must be improved, private entities should be encouraged to set up healthcare businesses, and a multi-tiered diagnosis and treatment system for patients should be established.