Legal basis: Article 35 of the Basic Medical Care and Health Promotion Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) mainly provides basic medical and health services such as prevention, health care, health education and disease management, and establishes health records for residents, diagnosis and treatment of common diseases and frequently-occurring diseases, and rehabilitation care for some diseases. Patients who receive hospital referrals will refer patients beyond their service capacity to hospitals. Hospitals mainly provide medical and health services such as diagnosis and treatment of diseases, especially critical and difficult diseases, emergency medical treatment and health education, and carry out medical education, medical and health personnel training, medical scientific research and business guidance for primary medical and health institutions.
Professional public health institutions mainly provide public health services such as prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, chronic non-communicable diseases, occupational diseases and endemic diseases, health education, maternal and child health care, mental health, pre-hospital first aid, blood collection and supply, food safety risk monitoring and assessment, and birth defects prevention and control.