Table 1:
Essential Public Health Services
| Before 2009 | 2009 | 2015 | 2018 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost (Yuan) | 15 | 40 | 55 | 74 | |
| Establishing health records for all citizens | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Health education | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Children’s health management | √ | ||||
| 0–36 months | √ | ||||
| 0–6 years | √ | √ | √ | ||
| Maternal health management | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Vaccination | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Surveillance of infectious diseases and public health emergencies | |||||
| Infectious diseases | √ | √ | |||
| Health Management for older people, patients with hypertension, type 2 diabetes and psychosis | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
| Health Supervision and Management, Chinese medicine management, and TB health management | √ | √ | √ | ||
| Contraceptives | √ | √ | |||
| Health Literacy Promotion Action | √ | √ | |||
| Others * | √ |
Sources: National basic public health service specification 2009, 2015, 2018.2020.
Others* include: 1) prevention of the endemic diseases, occupational diseases, prevention and control of human avian influenza and SARS, and maintenance of national health emergency team, 2) screening of breast and cervical cancer for women in rural area, 3) nutrition improvement for children and neonatal disease screening in poverty-stricken areas; 4) folic acid supplementation and fortification to prevent neural tube defects, national free pregnancy eugenics health checkup project, prevention and control of thalassaemia, etc.