One country, two worlds - The health disparity in China

Global Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 124-136

  Meng, Qingyue ^a   Zhang, Jian ^b   Yan, Fei ^c   Hoekstra, Edward J ^d   Zhuo, Jiatong ^e  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

^e Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

China; disparity; global health; health care reform; health disparity; immigration; migration; rural; rural health; urban

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHINA; CHINESE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIGRATION; MORALITY; POLITICS; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN AREA; URBAN HEALTH CARE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84862927259     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2011.616517     Document Type: Article

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