Current health-care system reforms in Mainland China are the unintended consequences of economic reforms that have exerted direct and indirect. China has had one of the world's fastest growing economies. However, healthcare development in China is far behind its economic growth. One effect of reform has been an increase in the frequency of malignant medical disputes (hospital violator), as more and more patients choose violence to safeguard their rights. Doctors are often victims of terrible violence (1-2). There were 9831 incidents of serious medical dispute in Mainland China in 2006, 5519 medical workers were injured (3).The medical dispute incidence is increasing by 22.6% annually. Chinese Medical Association survey showed that more than three quarters of the hospital's staff would be hurt by patients after medical disputes (3). Especially, the hired hospital violators' appear provoking those tense situation. In the past nine months, more than a dozen doctors were beaten to death or disability. Some doctors even came from the large ones such as Beijing Tong Ren Hospital and Xin Hua Hospital of Shang Hai Jiao Tong University.
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