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Industry special: Pain relief toothpaste said to be a boon to one in three in China
Proctor and Gamble's statement that use of their dental products is increasing and private dental clinics shows increased awareness
Rural Areas Problematic
Too few practitioners
Less awareness due to literacy levels and education
Low income does not pay much
Most practitioners have little more than High School Education
Equipment is outdated, scarce and inferior
Insurance
Government employees and those with big companies have insurance, generally with dental coverage
Insurance pays everything deemed necessary by doctors or dentists as long as coverage lasts
Co-pay, if any is 20%
Insurance Survey: Stand alone policies
"Health Statistics said.
Among those with dental coverage,
33% had a comprehensive plan with dental coverage,
26% had a stand-alone plan.
14% had both.
Insurance Survey: Company Plans
Employer-sponsored care,
20% lacked a dental plan." (Healthcare survey finds misconceptions )
Government employees
Many as government owns all:
banks, oil companies, telecoms, hospitals, public educational institutions, public transit, airlines, trains and utilities
All are insured. Their insurance included dental plans. They can choose free public care or pay a part of the charges at private clinics.
Rural Areas
CCTV reported in November (CCTV News) that the government was committed to improving health care in rural areas, where many get only basic health care by poorly trained practitioners.
In some areas these practitioners have only a high school education plus some training. This measure was taken to provide some form of health care...
Health and dental was covered 80% by the government.
2 workers had no coverage
3 workers had plans including some dental
Coverage
All plans included whatever was deemed necessary by the doctors at government hospitals
Private clinics could be used but the co-pay discourages this practice among lower wage earners
Public dental clinics had long waits, but only of hours, not days.
Facilities
All agreed that they were not fancy but adequate
The interviewer has been inside a few in Beijing and even the best military hospitals are not as clean as the average U.S. kitchen.
Rural areas poorly served
Where is China Going?
CCTV reported that the government was offering new incentives in the form of cash payments to full scholarships to those who would agree to practice in a rural area for at least two years (Rediscovering china 2010-04-19 medicare in China's countryside CCTV-international )
China has a long way to go with more than 80% of its population in rural areas.
Beijing has launched a dental health awareness initiative.
PRC tends to more easily embrace the lower over all cost of preventative maintenance
Where in Ten Years?
Possibly Much better
Everything really depends upon building a thriving economy, since health care is a government service in China
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