The country's fiscal expenditure on healthcare between 2013 and 2017 totaled over 5.9 trillion yuan, posting an average annual growth of 11.7 percent, said the newspaper citing a report from the State Council.
The ever-increasing government input in the healthcare program has continuously cut people's spending in this regard.
In 2017, personal spending on healthcare shared 28.8 percent of the total expenses, a record low during the past two decades, read the report.
As of the end of 2017, more than 8 million impoverished people received inpatient treatment or special medical services for chronic diseases, covering nearly 95 percent of patients with serious or chronic illnesses, it said.
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