The patient was grounded and the hospital was closed. The medical industry will be adversely affected by the epidemic in the first quarter or even the second quarter. However, the medical industry is slightly different from other industries. As a rigid demand, in the long run, the epidemic will only lead to the lag of demand release time, and have little impact on the annual total demand. It is expected that the annual performance of the medical industry will have limited impact.
But this epidemic has sounded the alarm for our public health system. The existing public health system in China is far from perfect, which is not enough to guarantee people's life, health and safety and the country's economic construction achievements. Therefore, the Central Committee for Comprehensively Deepening Reform held its12nd meeting on February14th, explicitly demanding to improve the multi-level public health service system and optimize the investment structure of medical and health resources. This meeting has pointed out the direction for the future development of the medical industry and has a far-reaching impact on the industry.
First, the trillion-dollar market of traditional Chinese medicine will usher in a period of rapid development. In this epidemic, Wuhan Jiangxia Fangcang Hospital is a designated hospital for centralized isolation treatment, and the treatment method adopted is comprehensive treatment of traditional Chinese medicine. The hospital admitted 564 patients, and 392 patients were cured, with a cure rate close to 70%. As a means of treatment, Chinese medicine has fully demonstrated its efficacy and value to the world. With the support of the country and the trust of Chinese people, I believe that Chinese medicine will surely usher in the next spring.
Second, the training of general practitioners and the implementation of graded diagnosis and treatment will have a far-reaching impact on the entire medical industry. General practitioners mean that medical institutions need to invest more in the training and introduction of talents; Graded diagnosis and treatment will promote the management upgrade and equipment upgrade of medical institutions. The previous extensive management behavior will restrict the operation and development of enterprises.
Third, the acceleration of online consumption has improved the quality of medical institutions and accelerated the network construction of telemedicine and online drug sales. Maybe it won't be long before doctors can make online consultation and prescription.
In short, the epidemic will have an immediate impact on the medical industry; But in the long run, there are more positive effects.