The primary health-care system in China

The Lancet

Volumn 390, Issue 10112, 2017, Pages 2584-2594

  Li, Xi ^a   Lu, Jiapeng ^a   Hu, Shuang ^a   Cheng, K K ^b,c   De Maeseneer, Jan ^d   Meng, Qingyue ^c   Mossialos, Elias ^e   Xu, Dong Roman ^f   Yip, Winnie ^g   Zhang, Hongzhao ^a   Krumholz, Harlan M ^h,i,j   Jiang, Lixin ^a   Hu, Shengshou ^a  

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^f SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINA; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; HEALTHCARE FINANCING; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 85037051225     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)33109-4     Document Type: Review

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