Study On The New Rural Cooperative Medical System In Chongqing

The New Rural Cooperative Medical System is organized, guided, and supported by the government. And peasants can help each other by this system. The breakup of the traditional medical cooperation system, inadequate investment in health and uneven distribution of resources in urban and rural areas, slow income growth of farmers and the rapid rise in medicine prices make the rural medical security situation is worrying. Meanwhile, the situation of rural medical security has a serious impact on rural economic development and stability and has become an outstanding issue. The establishment of this system is a very important content of rural medical work in the new time. It is also a very important measure to safeguard the farmers'health, enhance the harmony of the development between cities and countries and build our prosperous society. The system plays an important role in promoting the development of rural economy, maintaining the society stability and building a more perfect social security system. This also shows that the implementation of the government in the medical problems of the farmers attention and determination before various imbalances and contradictionsChongqing tries to establish the New Rural Cooperative Medical System in 2003. Although there are not many experiences and mature model, the New Rural Cooperative Medical System still acquires great achievements. Meanwhile some common problems are exposed in the practice because of the short of experiences. Compare to Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjing, Chongqing is a special Municipality. It has vast rural district and population. And its agricultural population is in the total population of about 80%. Therefore, by combining practical investigation and analysis of theory ,the paper summarizes the problems and deficiencies of the New Rural Cooperative Medical System in practice by the study of the scheme's arrangement and management, fund raise and operation, people's participation and evaluation, the management of designate medical organization, people's benefit ambits and practical effect, the control of medical expenses and the degree of satisfaction of medical service providers and demanders, etc. Summarizes the existing problems and shortcomings of the system, such as financing, the low level of compensation for the relatively low percentage, the unreasonable compensation package design, reimbursement cumbersome procedures, lack of confidence in the system and low participation rate of the farmers, fund-raising difficulties and high cost of medical services and village-level low capacity. And put forward to the practical advices on how to promote the New Rural Cooperative Medical System, such as Strengthen government's leading role in further solid, establish a stable new funding management mechanism, raise the level of protection; improve the policy level of understanding, increase investment in the medical services industry regulation, coordinate and standardize the management of medical relief system to speed up construction.