title: Overview of the health care system in Hong Kong and its referential significance to mainland China.
abstract: Hong Kong's health system was established within the framework of a perfect market-oriented economic matrix, where there are wide-ranging social security and medical service systems. There are many differences in the economic foundations, social systems, and ideologies between Hong Kong and mainland China, therefore, it would probably be entirely impossible to copy Hong Kong's health care system mode. However, under the framework of one country, two systems, the referential significance of relevant concepts of Hong Kong's medical service system to mainland China cannot be ignored, and merits further study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Xiangyi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China. Electronic address: yangyipumch@sina.com.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guan
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Renzhi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Xing
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Yongning
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Wenbin
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ma
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health; D011634:Public Health
keywords: Hong Kong; health care system; mainland China; referential significance