China's healthcare system runs on its own logic, one that makes complete sense once you see it from the inside, but can feel bewildering if your reference point is a Western system.

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This section breaks down how the system is actually structured: how hospitals are tiered and what that means in practice, how you get into the system, how a consultation actually unfolds, what happens with prescriptions and tests, and how costs work. Each piece is written to give you the structural understanding that most guides skip, the kind that turns confusion into clarity before you ever walk through a hospital door.

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Start with whatever catches your attention. They're designed to stand alone, but they also build on each other.