38 Outpatient Consultation

The provincial hospital was a large-scale, tertiary, grade A general hospital that was on an equal footing with Yun Hua Hospital.

In other words, they were both reputable tertiary grade A hospitals.

Hospitals had a siphoning effect[1].

Everyone would think of going to the best hospitals. That also included those who held positions at the top.

So, the premium provincial hospitals would be able to get the best financial support from the province's health finance department. The city's tertiary grade A hospitals would be able to get the greatest financial support from the city's Department of Health Care Finance. County-level tertiary grade A hospitals would be able to get the greatest financial support from the county's Department of Health Care Finance. If this county-level city had a tertiary grade A hospital…