Public Hospitals to Have Liability Insurance by 2020, Official Says

(Beijing) – The country plans to have all public hospitals buy medical liability insurance for doctors by 2020 to fund the settlement of patient disputes, a senior official at the China Insurance Regulatory Commission says.

Eighty percent of community-level medical facilities will also be required to have their doctors covered by the insurance scheme by the end of 2020, said the official, who asked not to be named.