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ArticleThe Lancet regional health. Western Pacific2024

Governing cross-border healthcare in mainland China: a scoping review of national policies from 2002 to 2022.

Xiang Yan, Zixuan Han, Pengpeng Ye, Anthony Gar-On Yeh, Xiaoping Xu, Anne W M Lee, Kenneth M C Cheung, Peng Gong, Shenjing He

Abstract readScoping Review
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Article in The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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9 authors.

Xiang YanCollege of Architecture and Environment, Institute of Urbanization Strategy and Architecture Research, Sichuan University, China.
Zixuan HanDepartment of Urban Planning and Design, and the Social Infrastructure for Equity and Wellbeing (SIEW) Lab, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Pengpeng YeNational Centre for Non-Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
Anthony Gar-On YehCentre of Urban Studies and Urban Planning, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Xiaoping XuThe University of Hong Kong - Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Anne W M LeeClinical Oncology Center, The University of Hong Kong - Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Kenneth M C CheungOrthopaedic Center, The University of Hong Kong - Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Peng GongUrban Systems Institute, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Shenjing HeDepartment of Urban Planning and Design, and the Social Infrastructure for Equity and Wellbeing (SIEW) Lab, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study reviews national-level policies regulating cross-border healthcare in mainland China after it acceded to the World Trade Organization (WTO). Policy documents from official websites of the State Council and 19 ministries were screened, from which 487 policy documents were analyzed. WTO's five modes of trade and WHO's six building blocks of healthcare system were used to guide the analysis of policymaking patterns, charting of policy evolution process, identification of key policy areas, differentiation of 29 detailed policy themes, and identification of major countries/regions involved in cross-border healthcare. The findings lead to four policy recommendations: (1) to establish a national-level committee to govern cross-border healthcare, (2) to build an information system to comprehensively integrate various information on cross-border healthcare consumption and provision, (3) to take more proactive policy actions in healthcare internationalization, and (4) to carry out reform experiments in key sub-national regions to fully explore various possibilities in developing and regulating cross-border healthcare.

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ChinaCross-border healthcareHealth reformPolicy reviewTrade in healthcare services

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PMCPMC10955416

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