The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region will pursue the medical certificate and subsidize elders to use the private medical care at the basic level next year

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region will pursue the medical certificate and subsidize elders to use the private medical care at the basic level next year
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region will pursue the medical certificate and subsidize elders to use the private medical care at the basic level next year
News from China News Agency Hong Kong on December 23 the HKSAR government will begin from New Year's Day next year, by testing the form to pursue the three - year long medical certificate plan. Reach the age of 70 and hold to valid Hong Kong ID card or people who exempts the testimonial, can obtain the medical certificates of five pieces of face amount of 50 yuan every year, in order to subsidize them to use the part of private medical care to examine the disease expenses. Doctor Tan LiFen, vice director general of National Health Administration, introduces to the media today, the aim of this plan is to subsidize elders to use private (not accept government's fund or subsidy)s At the basic level medical care some expenses. The medical certificate of electron can be used for paying private Western medicine, register Chinese medicine, dentist, spine medicine, registration, registered nurse, physical therapist, professional therapist, radiotherapy technician and medical matters and test the service of the division. Tan LiFen says, already over 1,400 medical service providers have settled the registration formalities at present, can begin to provide service for the elder who accords with the qualification on January 1 next year; About 300 medical service providers are going through the registration formalities. The medical certificate is valid within experimental period of three years. The unused medical certificate can be next year or the last year planned (namely 2011 years) in the first year or second year to accord with the elder of the qualification Use, but can't use the next medical certificate in one in advance. Tan LiFen reminds elders, it needn't be eager to use all medical certificates within short time, and propose them to use when the plan have needs during this period. The medical certificate test plan of the elder of the government of Hong Kong, try " the money leaves with the patient " Concept,last elder in lasting medical cares at the basic levels private, in order to offer choosing beyond the current publicly-owned medical care at the basic level extraly for the elder, thus strengthen it to the elder's medical care at the basic level, and serve for subsidizing the medical treatment at the basic level in the future and try a kind of new mode. The medical certificate is subsidized partly through offering, popularize and bear the idea of medical treatment with the patient together, guarantee medical care is made the best of through sharing the expenses. The government of Hong Kong also promises, the publicly-owned medical care offered to elder will not be reduced because of pursuing the test and planning, the elder with the need can use publicly-owned medical care. But the government expects, the medical certificate can reduce elder's reliance on publicly-owned medical care, thus make the other citizens in need of publicly-owned medical care at the basic level benefited indirectly. (End)


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