After years of intense discussion, deliberation and debate, in April, 2009 China finally unveiled its health care reform plan (Anonymous, 2009;Chen, 2009). President Hu clearly stated that the goal of the reform is to ensure that every citizen has equal access to affordable basic health care by 2012
Special issue of Health Economics: China's health care system
โ Scribed by Winnie Yip; Adam Wagstaff; William C. Hsiao
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 44 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1057-9230
- DOI
- 10.1002/hec.1348
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โฆ Synopsis
Health Economics is announcing a special issue on China, to be published in June 2009 to coincide with the 7th World Congress of Health Economics to be held in Beijing, July 2009. We are seeking papers on the following themes: Any questions about the special issue can be directed to:
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