The hospital of the future in China: China's reform of public hospitals and trends from industrialized countries

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 367-378

  Barber, Sarah L ^a   Borowitz, Michael ^b   Bekedam, Henk ^a   Ma, Jin ^c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b OECD   (France)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

China; Health sector reform; hospitals

Indexed keywords

CHINA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TRENDS;

CHINA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84900401465     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czt023     Document Type: Article

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