Health Care for 1.3 Billion: An Overview of China’s Health System
Eggleston, Karen N. (2012). Health Care for 1.3 Billion: An Overview of China’s Health System. Asia Health Policy Program Working Paper 28. Stanford University.
Eggleston, Karen N. (2012). Health Care for 1.3 Billion: An Overview of China’s Health System. Asia Health Policy Program Working Paper 28. Stanford University.
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What kind of a health care system do China’s 1.3 billion turn to when ill, injured, or in need of care? This article provides a brief overview of how China’s health system has transformed alongside China’s society and economy since the Mao era, including how the current system is financed, organized, regulated, and being reformed. I first provide a brief description of the Mao era health system and China’s demographic and epidemiologic transitions. Then I overview China’s contemporary health care system, including the dramatic expansion of health insurance over the last eight years and the progress of national health system reforms initiated in 2009.
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Asia Health Policy Program Working Paper 28
Eggleston, Karen N.
2012
Stanford University
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