The medical insurance system refers to a mechanism through which a country or region collects, allocates, and utilizes medical insurance funds in accordance with insurance principles to address residents' healthcare needs. As an effective financing mechanism for public health services, it constitutes a relatively progressive form of social insurance and represents a widely adopted global model for healthcare expenditure management.
China's basic medical security system comprises four components: the Basic Medical Insurance for Urban Employees, Basic Medical Insurance for Urban Residents, the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme, and urban-rural medical assistance systems. Since 1997, government efforts to strengthen medical security infrastructure have achieved breakthrough progress, establishing the world's largest medical security system. However, challenges persist due to China's vast population and regional economic disparities, including relatively low overall coverage levels, significant benefit gaps among populations, insufficient mobility adaptability, and sustainability concerns.
The medical security system maintains direct interaction and mutual influence with healthcare services. The medical insurance function must be realized through purchasing medical services, which simultaneously promotes the development of healthcare systems. On one hand, the continuous improvement of medical security systems provides stable funding sources for national health, which ultimately translates into healthcare institution revenues through service purchases, offering sustained financial support for medical development. On the other hand, as representatives of insured populations, medical insurance institutions exercise supervisory, restrictive, and guiding roles over medical institutions during service procurement processes, facilitating external checks-and-balances mechanisms, standardizing medical service practices, and advancing healthcare system reforms and institutional management enhancements.
To support related research, CnOpenData presents China Medical Consumables Information Data, covering nationwide medical consumables included in insurance schemes and corresponding enterprise registration information. Key fields include Consumable Name（耗材名称）, Medical Consumable Code（医用耗材代码）, Material Composition（耗材材质）, Classification（耗材分类）, Unified Social Credit Code of Enterprises（企业社会统一信用代码）, Enterprise Registration Address（企业注册地址）, and Industry Classification（企业所属行业）.
Time Coverage
As of January 31, 2023
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Sample Data
医用耗材基本信息表
医用耗材注册信息表
医用耗材生产企业工商注册信息表
Data Update Frequency
Annual updates