Health care in china improvement, challenges, and reform

Chest

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 524-531

  Wang, Chen ^a   Rao, Keqin ^a   Wu, Sinan ^a   Liu, Qian ^b  

^a BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY MEDICINE; SOCIAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 84874047456     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-1839     Document Type: Article

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