Organizational and institutional innovation of ambulatory care in China

Hospitals in China are evolving from the development pattern of resource-driven to connotation-driven, which propels the rapid growth of ambulatory care in the country.In consideration of the 76 typical ambulatory care cases presented at the Fourth Championship under China Healthcare Improvement Initiative(the Initiative), the authors studied and summed up innovations of China′s hospitals in their case management, organizational management and institutional management.Their efforts aim to understand the success of ambulatory care provision and analyze problems in this regard, for contributing to this model with China-unique experiences. Key words: Ambulatory care; Ambulatory surgery; Innovation; Service; Cases