Tiered medical treatment is poorly executed domestically. Why has there not been a strong push for comprehensive implementation of tiered medical treatment reforms? People have long been suspicious of the skill level at grassroots hospitals; even for small ailments, they don't trust them and insist on seeing specialists at top-tier hospitals. This leads to those with money and resources hogging all the advantageous resources, squeezing out the life-saving space needed by critically ill patients at the bottom.
Improving the technical level of grassroots hospitals is exceptionally difficult. Even just ensuring initial diagnoses are correct, with no missed or incorrect diagnoses, sets a high technical bar for doctors. Even top-tier specialists can make diagnostic mistakes.
Don't believe it? Reference the ordeal of Student Geng's younger brother.
