Our country is accelerating the promotion of tiered diagnosis and treatment to facilitate the masses seeking medical treatment.

The General Office of the State Council issued "Several Measures to Accelerate the Construction of a Hierarchical Diagnosis and Treatment System". This morning, the State Council Information Office held a routine policy briefing to interpret the document. Zheng Zhe, deputy director of the National Health Commission, introduced that next step, China will improve the coordinated mechanism of hierarchical diagnosis and treatment, allowing common and prevalent diseases to be treated at the grassroots level, and difficult and critical cases to be treated at higher-level hospitals, both convenient for the public seeking medical treatment and reducing the burden of seeking medical treatment. The first step is to improve the coordinated mechanism of hierarchical diagnosis and treatment. It will optimize the functional positioning and structure of medical and health institutions at all levels, further leverage the leading role of provincial-level and above hospitals. It will also promote the improvement and expansion of closely coordinated medical consortia to integrate medical, operating, and information management, and promote the continuity of the medical service system. Secondly, guide the public to seek initial diagnosis at the grassroots level. It will focus on strengthening the management of common and chronic diseases at the grassroots level, promoting the descent of higher-level medical resources to the grassroots level. Enhance the level of supply of family doctor services, promote the signing of contracts with family doctors, strengthen the long-term stable connection between contracted doctors and residents. Thirdly, strengthen the management and guarantee of referral services. Guided by facilitating referrals for the public, promote the establishment of referral centers in medical institutions, improve the referral rules of medical institutions at all levels, and promote the integration of inpatient healthcare within closely coordinated medical consortia. Fourth, propose measures to promote the guarantee of hierarchical diagnosis and treatment. Along with relevant departments, implement the financial subsidy policy for medical and health institutions that meet the requirements of regional health planning, improve the salary system that meets the requirements for the development of closely coordinated medical consortia, timely include eligible grassroots medical and health institutions in the designated management of medical insurance, optimize the differential payment of basic medical insurance and medical service prices, and provide more powerful support for hierarchical diagnosis and treatment.