The medical insurance system refers to a mechanism through which a country or region addresses residents' healthcare needs by raising, allocating, and utilizing medical insurance funds based on insurance principles. It serves as an effective financing mechanism for public healthcare, represents an advanced form of social security systems, and stands as a globally prevalent model for managing healthcare expenditures.

  China's basic medical security framework comprises the Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance, Urban Resident Basic Medical Insurance, New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme, and Urban-Rural Medical Assistance programs. Since 1997, government efforts to strengthen the medical security system have achieved breakthroughs, establishing the world's largest medical security coverage. Nevertheless, challenges persist due to China's vast population and regional economic disparities, including relatively low overall coverage levels, significant benefit gaps among population groups, insufficient adaptability to mobility, and inadequate long-term sustainability.

  Concurrently, medical security and healthcare services are intrinsically interconnected and mutually reinforcing. Medical security functions are realized through purchasing medical services, while this procurement process stimulates healthcare system development. On one hand, the continuous improvement of the medical security system provides stable funding sources for national health. These funds ultimately translate into revenue for healthcare institutions through service procurement, offering sustained financial support for medical development. On the other hand, as representatives of insured populations, medical security institutions exercise supervision, constraint, and guidance over medical institutions during service procurement. This facilitates external checks and balances, standardizes medical service practices, and promotes healthcare system reform and institutional management enhancement.

  To support related research, CnOpenData presents the China Medical Consumables Information Database, covering nationwide medical consumables included in insurance schemes and associated enterprises' business registration data. Key fields include consumable name, medical consumable code, material type, classification category, enterprise unified social credit code, enterprise registered address, and enterprise industry sector.

Time Coverage

As of January 31, 2023 (updatable upon request)

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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