Reshaping the hierarchical medical system for rare diseases: a two-tier structure and one-stop referral network

Chaoyu Lei^#¹, Ying Zuo^#², Fanyi Kong^{3

4}, Hao Chen⁵, Haoxuan Cheng², Xuefei Song¹, Lufa Zhang^{2

6

7}, Huifang Zhou¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Orbital Diseases and Ocular Oncology, and State Key Laboratory of Eye Health, China.
² School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
³ Institute for Hospital Management, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
⁴ School of Healthcare Management, Tsinghua University Tsinghua Medicine, Beijing, China.
⁵ Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
⁶ Institute for Urban Governance, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
⁷ Institute of Healthy Yangtze River Delta, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 40208802
PMCID: PMC11984612
DOI: 10.7189/jogh.15.03005

Reshaping the hierarchical medical system for rare diseases: a two-tier structure and one-stop referral network

Chaoyu Lei et al. J Glob Health. 2025.

. 2025 Apr 11:15:03005.

doi: 10.7189/jogh.15.03005.

Authors

Chaoyu Lei^#¹, Ying Zuo^#², Fanyi Kong^{3

4}, Hao Chen⁵, Haoxuan Cheng², Xuefei Song¹, Lufa Zhang^{2

6

7}, Huifang Zhou¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Orbital Diseases and Ocular Oncology, and State Key Laboratory of Eye Health, China.
² School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
³ Institute for Hospital Management, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
⁴ School of Healthcare Management, Tsinghua University Tsinghua Medicine, Beijing, China.
⁵ Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
⁶ Institute for Urban Governance, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
⁷ Institute of Healthy Yangtze River Delta, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 40208802
PMCID: PMC11984612
DOI: 10.7189/jogh.15.03005

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Disclosure of interest: The authors completed the ICMJE Disclosure of Interest Form (available upon request from the corresponding author) and disclose no relevant interests.

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