yǐ​yào​yǎng​yī

funding hospitals through drug sales

Senses

以药养医/ 以藥養醫 yǐ​yào​yǎng​yī funding hospitals through drug sales

using revenue from the sale of medicine to subsidize medical services and salaries; a practice in the Chinese healthcare system often criticized for encouraging over-prescription

References

see 医药分离/醫藥分離 以药养医/以藥養醫