Table 2 New financing policies for tuberculosis (TB) treatments in the three project provinces
From: Multi-source financing for tuberculosis treatment in China: key issues and challenges
Province | Time of issue | Strategy | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
Zhejiang | June 17, 2019 | Improvement of outpatient care coverage in Urban and Rural Residence Basic Medical Insurance | TB included in the outpatient scheme for chronic diseases Outpatient reimbursement at primary health facility: ≥ 70%, At secondary and tertiary hospitals: dependence of affordability of health insurance funds in each city and county |
Jilin | August 10, 2018 | Linkage with rural poverty alleviation program and target poor rural patients with TB | Social and government funds: The medical costs should be shared by New Cooperative Medical Scheme, the medical scheme for severe diseases, and Medical Assistance and local government earmarked funds Out-of-pocket payment: Â Inpatient care: 10% Â Outpatient care: 20% |
Ningxia | October 20, 2017 | Improvement of outpatient care coverage in Urban and Rural Residence Basic Medical Insurance and Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance | TB included in outpatient scheme for severe diseases in basic medical insurance schemes |
March 15, 2018 | Contribution of local government in sharing medical costs for TB | Social and government funds: Medical costs should be shared by the basic medical insurance schemes and local earmarked government funds Out-of-pocket payment: Â Drug-resistant TB patients: 10% Â Drug-susceptible TB patients: 30% |