The independent guide for international patients
Understand the system, compare care routes and prepare for your visit with practical, source-linked information and visible review dates.
Planned hospital care
Use this five-step route to prepare a non-emergency hospital visit. Each guide explains what to verify with the exact provider, campus, department and insurer involved.
Read the complete first-visit guideCompare provider types, then identify the exact campus and department before you travel.
Check support for this appointment and use a booking channel published by the provider.
Bring the document the hospital requests and keep names and identity numbers consistent.
Ask when charges are collected, what paperwork is available and what your insurer needs.
Leave with the retrieval and follow-up instructions needed to continue care safely.
Nationwide orientation, city-level detail
Each live city guide brings together care types, source-led hospital profiles, emergency information and practical local notes.
View every cityFind care
We publish observable details—location, care route, language information and appointment channels—with visible review dates.
Open the directoryBeijing · Public hospital
北京协和医院国际医疗部
PUMCH International Medical Services booking, phone, 24/7 emergency, inpatient rooms, commercial insurance and how to request a current daily room-rate quote.
Beijing · Private hospital
北京和睦家医院
Beijing United Family Hospital main-campus appointments, official phone and email contacts, multilingual support, emergency access, published price examples and insurance checks.
Shanghai · International hospital
上海嘉会国际医院
Shanghai Jiahui International Hospital address, 24-hour phone, email booking, languages, emergency access, International Office and insurance checks.
Prepare before you go
Step-by-step explainers for preparing a visit, keeping records and resolving stalled administrative processes. Browse focused centers for planned care from abroad, insurance and payment, or complaints and problem resolution.
All practical guides
Using hospitals · 32 min read
A step-by-step guide for foreigners to choose a hospital, book, register with a passport, communicate, pay, complete tests, collect medicine and follow up.
Using hospitals · 31 min read
Compare public, special-service, private, international and specialist hospital routes in China by capability, access, language, cost and insurance.
Using hospitals · 16 min read
Foreigners can book China hospital appointments by official website, app, WeChat, phone or international office. Use a passport-safe route and verify the slot.
Using hospitals · 16 min read
What foreign patients should bring, how to create or recover a hospital record, and what to do when an app or machine rejects a passport.
Insurance & costs · 13 min read
Map every charge from hospital order to payment, final settlement, itemized statement and the receipt your insurer or employer actually requires.
Insurance & costs · 13 min read
Prepare the identity, policy, hospital, authorization and fallback claim records needed to confirm the payment route before a visit.
Useful tools
Quick routes for the parts of healthcare that commonly create uncertainty for international patients.
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Source-linked profiles
Important facts link to the published source pages used.
No hidden rankings
We describe verifiable access details, not medical quality scores.
