Due to the general decline of physiological functions, the elderly are more prone to illness, and the prevalence rate is significantly higher than that of young and middle-aged people, which is a high incidence of diseases. Statistics show that the hospitalization rate of the elderly is 7.62%, which is much higher than that of the young (4.36%). Moreover, with the improvement of the social security system and their own health needs, the elderly have invested more and more in the health field.
Extended data:
There are some problems in medical technology, service level and infrastructure construction in China. This requires people to constantly explore new development paths. After the founding of New China, the medical security system in China was gradually established and developed. Due to various reasons, China's medical security system is divided between urban and rural areas, each with different characteristics and development process.
In cities and towns, it has gone through the stages of public expense and labor insurance medical system, the pilot stage of urban medical insurance reform, the establishment stage of the national basic medical insurance system for urban workers and the exploration stage of multi-level medical security system.
Baidu encyclopedia-medical treatment