“A few years ago I was talking to a Shanghai businessman about China’s health care system and his experience with it. He told me of his own personal encounter, which gave a certain insight into the delivery of health care. One evening his mother-in-law suffered a medical emergency. While she was being transported to the hospital, his first action was to call his friends and tell them to bring all of the cash they had on hand to him. When he went to the hospital he had about 5000 yuan (US$660) in his pocket. It took 3000 yuan to finally persuade the specialist just to come in to see her. His mother-in-law was seen and treated. The businessman considered himself very lucky.”
See my entire post over at the World Health Care Blog
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