A comparative study on the promotion of grid-based medical alliances at home and abroad

With the progress of the hierarchical medical system, the top-level design for building medical alliances is exhibiting a clearer picture. The Chinese government sets about trying to build a grid-based medical system layout, covering from national, provincial, municipal, county, township, all the way to village level. Based on the analysis of regional grid-based medical systems in the United States, Switzerland, Singapore and Canada, the authors reviewed the development of grid-based health service system in China, and found out key roadblocks for grid-based medical alliances. These problems include the organizational structure, service content, management mechanism, payment system and other aspects, and corresponding countermeasures and suggestions were proposed in the end. Key words: Health services administration; Grid-based; Medical alliance; Regional medical alliance; Hierarchical medical system