China's new agricultural and health care per capita financing hundred 500 million people received compensation

BEIJING, January 4 (Xinhua) China last year adjusted the new rural cooperative Medical System compensation scheme, increased payment, strict control of the fund balance, so that the level of funding to reach 100 yuan per capita. As at the end of September last year, 490 million people had been compensated and 15.6 million had received health check-ups.　　This is the number released today by Mao, a spokesman for the National Health Ministry. He said at a media briefing here that as of last September, the population had been more than 833 million and the rate of 94%.　　At the central and local levels, the financial contribution of 62.7 billion yuan, in One-third of the mainland nationwide out-patient pilot, and further improve the proportion of hospitalization expenses compensation, half of the area to increase to more than 5%, so that farmers have benefited.　　He disclosed that in order to further improve the primary health care system, the central government invested 20 billion yuan special funds to support 986 County hospitals, 3,549 Central hospitals, 1154 Community health service centers. In addition, 25 provinces have subsidized rural doctors ' public health services, and some have raised the subsidy standard. Qinghai, Xinjiang and other Northwest five provinces to fully implement the township hospitals to subsidize the wages of workers policy. Anhui Province provides subsidies to rural doctors in accordance with the 8,000 per 1200 rural population subsidy.　　Urban Community Health Service is carried out in all cities and 93% counties in the country. Mao stressed that in order to promote the equalization of basic public health services, the relevant work programme and service standards have been worked out, clear funding channels, detailed service content and requirements. At present, six major national public health projects and nine basic public health services have been launched. Jiangxi, Shanghai and other seven provinces ahead of the completion of three years for 8-15-year-old people vaccinated hepatitis B vaccine work. Six provinces to implement the elimination of coal-burning fluorosis program, of which Henan completed all the changes to the stove task, Shaanxi and other areas of rural maternity hospital delivery of the free policy.