Practical information about medical care in China, hospitals, treatments, recovery, travel and international patient services.
One of the first questions international patients ask is whether hospitals in China charge foreigners a different price simply because they hold a foreign passport. The answer depends less on nationality than on the type of medical ser…
Foreign visitors can receive medical care in China, but payment usually works differently from the system used by Chinese residents enrolled in domestic social medical insurance. For most short-term international patients, the practica…
China does not operate a visa category literally called a “medical visa.” For some foreign nationals who need to stay in China for medical treatment, the S2 short-term private-affairs visa can be relevant because medical treatment is r…
