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China's?population?is?getting?older
Internationally,?the?proportion?of?the?population?aged?60?and?above?in?the?total?population?reaches?10%?or?the?proportion?of?the?population?aged?65?and?above?in?the?total?population?reaches?7%?as?the?standard?for?a?country?or?region?to?enter?the?aging?society?(or?senile?population).?According?to?the?proportion?of?the?population?aged?65?and?above?in?the?total?population?reaches?7%,?China?entered?the?aging?society?as?early?as?2000.?The?average?annual?growth?rate?of?the?elderly?population?over?65?years?old?is?2.8?percent?from?1953?to?2020,?with?the?fastest?growth?rate?of?4.7?percent?from?the?sixth?to?the?seventh?census.?The?proportion?of?people?aged?65?or?older?in?the?country?has?also?increased?from?4.4?percent?in?1953?to?13.5?percent?in?2020.

When?"aging"?meets?"Fewer?children"
With?the?decline?of?fertility?rate,?the?family?structure?of?our?country?has?gradually?evolved?from?the?traditional?family?with?many?children?and?grandchildren?to?the?nuclear?family?structure,?and?the?support?pressure?of?the?"younger?generation"?has?become?greater.?By?the?end?of?2021,?the?dependency?ratio?of?the?elderly?population?aged?65?and?above?will?be?20.8%,?that?is,?every?five?young?people?in?China?need?to?support?at?least?one?old?person.?According?to?the?National?Bureau?of?Statistics,?the?dependency?ratio?of?the?elderly?aged?65?and?above?in?China?has?continued?to?rise?since?2017.?And?according?to?the?official?forecast?of?aging,?the?dependency?ratio?of?65?years?old?and?above?will?continue?to?rise?in?the?future.
In?addition,?China's?first-tier?cities?face?related?problems?are?more?prominent.?According?to?the?"Beijing?Aging?Cause?Development?Report?2021",?the?dependency?ratio?of?the?elderly?population?aged?65?and?above?in?Beijing?in?2021?will?be?30%,?an?increase?of?1.7?percentage?points?over?the?previous?year.?Consistent?with?the?national?data?trend,?the?dependency?ratio?of?the?elderly?aged?65?and?above?in?Beijing?has?also?shown?a?continuous?upward?trend?since?2017,?and?the?level?of?the?dependency?ratio?of?the?elderly?in?Beijing?has?been?higher?than?the?national?level?in?the?same?period.

The?emergence?and?rise?of?"companion?doctor"
Chaperone,?the?person?who?accompanies?the?patient.?They?are?mainly?responsible?for?helping/assisting?medical?personnel?to?register,?inquire,?take?medicine,?pay?fees,?take?results,?pick?up?and?so?on.?Many?of?the?clients?are?elderly?people?living?alone,?people?from?other?places,?pregnant?women,?single?young?people?and?so?on.?As?early?as?more?than?ten?years?ago,?the?hospital?will?set?up?some?"escorts"?to?help?and?guide?the?hospital?medical?difficulties?of?the?population,?in?recent?years,?with?the?intensification?of?aging?and?the?problem?of?medical?difficulties,?individuals?and?groups?on?the?market?to?provide?escort?services.
Taking?Beijing?area?as?an?example,?the?main?body?providing?escort?services?in?the?market?is?individuals,?followed?by?groups,?institutions?and?insurance?companies.?From?the?perspective?of?service?content,?the?services?provided?by?individuals,?groups,?institutions?and?insurance?companies?are?roughly?the?same.?Among?them,?institutions?and?insurance?companies?can?provide?more?professional?and?comprehensive?services,?such?as?appointment,?personalized?guidance?and?medication?guidance,?due?to?their?large?platforms?and?abundant?resources.
From?the?perspective?of?service?charges,?insurance?companies?classify?escort?services?as?insurance?products,?so?they?do?not?charge?extra?for?welfare?services,?while?third-party?institutions?mostly?charge?for?time,?and?individuals?and?groups?mostly?charge?for?time,?and?generally?charge?more?expensive?institutions?and?optional?items?are?more?abundant.
From?the?perspective?of?user?cognition,?insurance?companies?have?the?highest?user?cognition,?followed?by?individuals?and?groups,?while?institutions?have?the?lowest?user?awareness.?The?main?reason?is?that?escort?service?is?an?emerging?industry?and?there?is?no?good?supervision?system,?so?many?institutions?without?strong?endorsement?cannot?be?trusted?by?people.?Moreover,?when?they?promote?online?platforms?such?as?Douyin?Kuaishou,?they?can?not?be?trusted?by?people.?People?are?also?more?inclined?to?pay?attention?to?some?individual?users'?video?content,?and?less?attention?is?paid?to?institutional?advertising?type?video?content.

The?future?professionalization?and?standardization?of?"accompanying?doctor"
At?present,?due?to?the?low?entry?threshold?of?the?escort?service?industry?and?the?lack?of?unified?and?professional?industry?norms,?the?society?has?constantly?disputed?the?escort?service?and?"escort?doctor".?Therefore,?the?introduction?of?standardized?and?unified?industry?standards?and?policies?as?soon?as?possible?will?greatly?promote?the?implementation?of?escort?services?and?solve?the?problem?of?medical?difficulties?in?a?new?aging?society.