China's health care system reform: Progress and prospects

International Journal of Health Planning and Management

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 240-253

  Li, Ling ^a   Fu, Hongqiao ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; health care reform; health insurance; policy experimentation; primary care; public hospitals

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITAL SECTOR; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY REFORM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHINA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOCIAL INSURANCE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL;

CHINA;

CHINA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTHY PEOPLE PROGRAMS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 85020633892     PISSN: 07496753     EISSN: 10991751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hpm.2424     Document Type: Article

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