从万杰神话终结看民营医院前途

万杰神话的破灭反映了我国民营医院生存发展的隐忧和问题。提出民营医院的发展前途取决于其清晰定位、如何利用好广告宣传、必须首先赢得社会效应和社会信任以及国家尽快制定关于规范民营医院的专项法律法规。     

Occasional topic myth,medicine and music

Based on a lecture given on 7th December, 1988 to the Section of Paediatrics, Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland.     

NHS waiting list have been a boon for private medicine in the UK.

Health care: public, private or both? In Great Britain, about 13% of the population is covered by private health insurance, and everyone else is served by the public health care system known as the National Health Service, or NHS. Caroline Richmond, who examined the impact of private medical practice in Britain, says people become private patients for one compelling reason: to avoid the NHS's notoriously long waiting lists for surgery. According to Professor Alan Maynard, a health care researcher, the mainstays of the private sector are the "three h's" --hips, hernias and hemorrhoids-- along with some elective surgery, particularly in gynecology and opthalmology. Another small sector focuses on fertility regulation and cosmetic surgery. Although the levels are not monitored closely, physician consultants are not permitted to earn more than 10% of their income from private practice.