China's public health-care system: Facing the challenges

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 532-538

  Liu, Yuanli ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Communicable disease control organization and administration; Delivery of health care organization and administration economics; Disease notification; Disease outbreaks prevention and control; Economics; Health services accessibility economics

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CHINA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; EMERGENCY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

CAPITALISM; CHINA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; POLITICS; PRIVATIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 3242800387     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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