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Table 1 Family doctor contract policy for recent years in China

From: A spatial feature analysis of primary health care utilization in a large city in China and its implications for family doctor contract service policy

Year

Documents

Main content

2011 (http://www.gov.cn/zwgk/2011-07/07/content_1901099.htm)

Guiding Opinions of the State Council on Establishing General Practitioner System, State Council [2011] No.23

General practitioners establish contractual relationship with residents

2016 (http://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2016-06/06/content_5079984.htm)

Guiding Opinions on Promoting Family Doctors' Contract Service (State Council [2016] No.1)

Formally establish a family doctor signing system

2018 (http://www.nhc.gov.cn/cms-search/xxgk/getManuscriptXxgk.htm?id=a3dfc6bfa9774c27bdc86b2a0383467d)

Notice on Doing a Good Job in Family Doctor Signing Service in 2018 (National Health Commission [2018] No.209) Document

Be practical and meticulous to improve the connotation of contracted services

2022 (http://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2022-03/15/content_5679188.htm)

Guiding Opinions on Promoting the High-quality Development of Family Doctors' Contract Services, State Council No.10 [2022]

A number of reform measures are taken simultaneously