Building institutions for an effective health system: Lessons from China's experience with rural health reform

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1302-1309

  Bloom, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access to care; China; Health policy; Health reform; Institutional development; Rural; Transitional economies

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; MARKET TRANSITION; REFORM PROCESS; RURAL AREA;

ARTICLE; CHINA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; LEADERSHIP; POLITICS; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

CHINA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; RURAL HEALTH; TRUST;

CHINA;

EID: 79954792540     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.02.017     Document Type: Article

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