The Chinese Health Care System: Structure, Problems and Challenges

Jens Hougaard (), Lars Peter Østerdal and Yi Yu
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Yi Yu: Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen

No 08-01, Discussion Papers from University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics

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.

Keywords: Chinese health care system; provider incentives; burden sharing; aging population; inequity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H51 H75 I11 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 2008-01
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