Anatomy of intergovernmental finance for essential public health services in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Chinese government launched health care reforms in 2009 and introduced a national list of essential public health services (EPHS) as an integral part of the plan to deliver health care for all. EPHS was also built into the national plan to promote the equalisation of public services across the country. A national standard was set for financial input to EPHS. As the services are co-funded by the central and local governments, a robust intergovernmental fiscal system is essential to guarantee that the hundreds of thousands of service providers have adequate financing to meet the service commitment.

Methods

We examined the flow of funds through China's complex intergovernmental fiscal system to see whether the promise of equal funding for EPHS was implemented, an

SUBMITTER: Tan X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9080974 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature