Nursing homes coming in China

The French group Orpea intends to cross(exceed) a new stage of its development by becoming established in China, where the coverage(care) of the dependent persons remains very limited.

The French specialist of the coverage(care) of the dependence, who already became established in Spain, in Belgium, in Italy and in Swiss, specifies on Tuesday in a communiqué that a subsidiary is in the course of constitution in a country which faces a major challenge of the ageing of his(her) population.

His(Her,Its) objective aims at developing gradually residences provided with medical care in big cities Chinese as Shanghai or Beijing.

China intends to build 100 high-technology retirement homes for the old population before 10 years, let know on Monday the national Committee about the ageing. The construction of the first establishment began on Monday in Beijing. This retirement home will extend over 86.115 m2 and aims at improving in a modern way the quality of life of the elderly. The high-tech system will include modern modes(fashions) of communication and computing technologies. He(it) will supply services(departments) varied to the elderly, in particular the installations of health, educational and entertainment, presented Zhu Yong, assistant director of the committee. The system can also offer services(departments) personalized according to the various needs, such as individualized rehabilitation and psychiatric care

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The Chinese health

China in 2009 launched a health reform, with a three-year plan supported by a special budget of 850 billion yuan (110 billion euros). The first results are there. Now, 98% of the Chinese population is covered by social insurance, although coverage is still very small, even trivial to some. "This is progress, says Professor Gordon Liu, a professor at the Guanghua School of Management of Peking University, but now it remains to raise the share paid by the Social Security compared to the insured, knowing that it is currently only 50% and it is expected to rise to 75%. "Other challenges, he said," to open the health of the private sector, and to the profession of doctor a profession. " The share of health in the Chinese GDP remains low at 5.1% in terms of the effort to other emerging countries.

The health system, however short, that existed during the Maoist era was dismantled when China embarked on the path of reforms thirty years ago. The first victims were poor and rural. There is always a two-tier medicine. One for the "urban workers", which has adequate coverage through their employer. One for rural and urban self-employed. "Medical costs are too high compared to the income of Chinese, said Professor Gordon Liu, the average income is $ 5,000 per year, while the average expenditure for hospitalization is 20,000 yuan ($ 3200)." If one has no money and no connections, the course in a Chinese hospital is difficult, and we can wait long bed or care. Corruption is a scourge. Public hospitals in large cities are monsters, and Beijing has begun to develop a network of community facilities gill territory. It is also to change their economy. Hospitals are funded primarily from the sale of drugs, knowing they make 90% of prescriptions-by puncturing about 15% of sales.