Overseeing health care facilities in Shanghai, China: regulatory regime, activities and challenges of the governmental regulatory system

Table 5 Administrative penalties and punitive actions imposed by HSAs on health care facilities in Shanghai between 2013 and 2017

SOURCE: Authors’ analysis of data from the Administrative Penalty Database established by the Agency for Inspection and Supervision, Shanghai Municipal Health Commission;
One penalty can contain one or more punitive actions, such as a disciplinary warning and punitive fine, imposed on a health care facility that engaged in illegal actions. Warning refers to the number of disciplinary warnings. Fine refers to the number of punitive fines. Confiscation refers to the number of confiscations of illegal gains and drugs and medical devices used for the provision of illegal care. Suspension refers to the number of suspensions of clinical practice of health care facilities; Revocation refers to the number of revocations of the health care facilities’ license for entire or partial clinical practice

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