Abstract
Hong Kong’s medical service has been known as one of the best services amongst the world. However, with the aging population, Hong Kong’s current medical service may not be sufficient enough to handle the growing burden. The following will explore problems faced by Hong Kong medical sector now and her possible ways for future improvement. In order to find out the problems, this paper investigates on the present status of Hong Kong’s medical system. As a result, the paper comprehensive point of view, this study formed the conclusion. Hong Kong’s medical security system needs to be further development and improvement. And this paper proposes relevant countermeasures and suggestions.
Highlights
Nowadays, the stellar service contributes to Hong Kong’s achievement that both men and women are enjoying the world’s longest life expectancy
The aim of this paper is to investigate on the development of Hong Kong’s elderly medical care service
This paper will launch the research from following several aspects: public hospital, long waiting time, medical incidents, labour shortage, burden on government and medical insurance
Summary
The stellar service contributes to Hong Kong’s achievement that both men and women are enjoying the world’s longest life expectancy. Hong Kong’s medical service is facing a serious problem under the background of rapid aging population. The aim of this paper is to investigate on the development of Hong Kong’s elderly medical care service. We find out that the Hong Kong’s medical care resource is not far enough comparing to the amount of increasing aging population. Hong Kong’s government highly subsidized public hospital, it’s still not a good way for Hong Kong sustainable development. Hong Kong government is looking for change of medical system but not along by sharing pressure with private hospitals. The paper is structured in sections that discuss the following: the analysis on Hong Kong’s medical system, the discussion on the situation, the way to solve these problems and a conclusion
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