The Chinese Health Care System: Structure, Problems and Challenges

Jens Leth Hougaard, Lars Peter Østerdal, Yi Yu

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Abstract

In the present paper we describe the structure of the Chinese health care system and sketch its future development. We analyse issues of provider incentives and the actual burden sharing between government, enterprises and people. We further aim to identify a number of current problems and link these to a discussion of future challenges in the form of an aging population, increased privatization and increased inequity
Original languageEnglish
PublisherDepartment of Economics, University of Copenhagen
Number of pages33
Publication statusPublished - 2008

Keywords

  • Faculty of Social Sciences
  • provider incentives
  • burden sharing
  • China
  • aging population

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