Learn how China Care Atlas builds planning content, compares sources, and decides what information is stable enough to publish.
Foreign patients often read broad claims about treatment in China without knowing where those claims came from, how recent they are, or whether they describe a public hospital, an international department, or a private workflow.
This page explains how China Care Atlas approaches research so readers can judge the limits of the content more clearly.
Our research is built around practical planning questions, such as:
We focus more on patient decisions than on generic medical tourism claims.
We try to rely first on sources that are closest to real patient operations. Those may include:
We do not treat one marketing article or one social post as enough evidence for a strong operational claim.
“复旦版中国医院排行榜通过同行评议与专科声誉评价体系，综合评估全国三甲医院的专科临床能力与学术影响力，是公立医院高质量学科建设的重要风向标。”
—— 复旦大学医院管理研究所
“推进高水平公立医院国际医疗部建设，优化涉外就医诊疗流程，推进多学科综合诊疗（MDT），建立公开透明的医疗服务收费与公示体系。”
—— 中华人民共和国国家卫生健康委员会（NHC）
Cost information is one of the most unstable parts of this topic. For that reason, China Care Atlas treats public cost content as planning guidance rather than a hospital quote.
When writing about price, we try to separate:
If a price is too dependent on hospital choice, pathology, implants, medication, room type, or follow-up decisions, we try not to present it as a precise public number.
Hospital comparison content is not meant to declare one hospital universally "best." The point is to help patients compare:
For common cases, the right question is often not "Which hospital has the strongest reputation?" but "Which hospital path is realistic for this patient from abroad?"
We try to avoid publishing content that:
Medical travel information changes. Hospital workflows, payment methods, registration systems, and public service pages can all change over time.
Because of that, we expect to recheck important public-facing guidance and revise pages when:
China Care Atlas 的就医规划数据、医院排名与费用基准直接参考以下国家级与学术级官方权威信源：
中华人民共和国国家卫生健康委员会（NHC）
国家三级甲等医院评审标准、国家临床重点专科建设与医疗服务质量规范主管机构。
官方门户：http://www.nhc.gov.cn/
复旦大学医院管理研究所
中国医院专科声誉排行榜（复旦版）官方发布机构，覆盖全国百强综合医院及45个临床专科。
官方网站：http://www.fudanmed.com/
国家医疗保障局（NHSA）
全国医疗服务价格项目规范、集中带量采购基准及地方公立医疗服务收费目录主管机构。
官方门户：http://www.nhsa.gov.cn/
中华人民共和国国家移民管理局（NIA）
144小时/240小时过境免签政策、口岸签证及S2就医签证出入境法规权威发布平台。
官方门户：https://en.nia.gov.cn/
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Last updated: June 8, 2026
