International Medical Insurance
Insurance companies in China require patients to first pay for treatment, and then send all claims and receipts to the insurance company. Some of the best hospitals in China have direct billing arrangements with certain international health insurance companies. These arrangements are still the exception rather than the rule. Contact your insurance broker [...]
Traditional Chinese medicine is not as popular in China as in the past, so the number of TCM pharmacies and TCM hospitals has been declining in recent years, but there are still some good TCM pharmacies and hospitals left. You can find more typical TCM treatment in small towns or rural areas. Local people use [...]
Pharmacies in China, indicated by green crosses, abound in larger cities. A few of them are open 24hr a day. The number of pharmacies has increased rapidly in recent years and you can find a variety of different pharmacies in bigger cities or major towns. In rural areas, it’s harder to find a proper pharmacy, [...]
Local Hospitals
In China, there are two types of hospitals, national hospitals and private hospitals. In larger places, you can find all kinds of divisional hospitals, especially in big cities like Beijing and Shanghai. In smaller places, you will have less choice. In most of the cities in China, you will find a hospital called [...]