The Future Development of Private Hospitals

 

Medicines Network, April 4, recently, 29 private hospitals in Beijing were investigated for illegal sewage discharge, so that the brand of private hospitals was criticized again. The reason is that 29 private hospitals, such as Beijing Capital Skin Hospital and Beijing Merry Orthopaedic Hospital, illegally discharged sewage during the special drainage spot check in 2019, which exceeded 50% of the total number of spot checks. However, the drainage condition of public medical institutions is relatively standardized, and no excessive drainage has been found. Although the issue of does not involve the medical quality itself, it still raises doubts about the management of private hospitals. Influenced by the favorable social medical policy, private hospitals in China have developed rapidly in recent years, surpassing public hospitals in number, but the number of visits and hospitalizations is far behind. The reasons are extensive management, lack of talents and bad reputation, which are all the important bottlenecks affecting its sustainable development. In recent years, the state has issued a series of policies to encourage and support the development of private hospitals, and the number of private hospitals has blowout growth. Data show that as of September 2018, the number of private hospitals has increased from 11313 five years ago to 211, an increase of 77%. However, few hospitals have really become stronger and bigger.