China's Healthcare System and Reform

A comprehensive review of the Chinese healthcare system, including its history, its current state, and modern reforms.

Lawton Robert Burns (Edited by), Gordon G. Liu (Edited by)

9781107164598, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 26 January 2017

482 pages, 176 b/w illus. 31 tables
25.3 x 18 x 2.5 cm, 1.1 kg

'The World Bank and World Health Organization have placed the attainment of universal health coverage (UHC) high on the list of goals for development. China's success - and China's remaining problems - on its road to UHC provide both guidance and inspiration for others. Much has been written about the China experience. This new volume, edited by Lawton Robert Burns and Gordon G. Liu, provides the remarkable feat of bringing together in one place the key elements of evolution and reform in China's healthcare system. It will serve for many years both as a valuable introduction to newcomers and as an authoritative reference for those already generally familiar with the Chinese system.' Dean Jamison, Senior Fellow in Global Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, and Emeritus Professor of Global Health, University of Washington

This volume provides a comprehensive review of China's healthcare system and policy reforms in the context of the global economy. Following a value-chain framework, the 16 chapters cover the payers, the providers, and the producers (manufacturers) in China's system. It also provides a detailed analysis of the historical development of China's healthcare system, the current state of its broad reforms, and the uneasy balance between China's market-driven approach and governmental regulation. Most importantly, it devotes considerable attention to the major problems confronting China, including chronic illness, public health, and long-term care and economic security for the elderly. Burns and Liu have assembled the latest research from leading health economists and political scientists, as well as senior public health officials and corporate executives, making this book an essential read for industry professionals, policymakers, researchers, and students studying comparative health systems across the world.

Foreword William C. Hsiao
Preface
Acknowledgements
Part I. Introduction: Analytic Framework, History, and Public Health: 1. China's healthcare industry: a system perspective Lawton Robert Burns and Gordon Liu
2. History of China's healthcare system Lawton Robert Burns and Yanzhong Huang
3. China's public health system and infrastructure Xiaofeng Liang and Lawton Robert Burns
Part II. Healthcare Reform: 4. Epidemiological transition and health system reforms in China Gordon Liu and Sam Krumholz
5. China's healthcare reform: status and outlook Claudia Suessmuth-Dyckerhoff and Florian Then
6. The challenge of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in China: government responses and opportunities for reform Tsung-Mei Cheng
Part III. Healthcare Providers: 7. China's physician and nurse workforce Lawton Robert Burns
8. China's hospital sector Jerry LaForgia and Winnie Yip
9. United family healthcare (Chindex International): a case study Vanessa Folkerts and Roberta Lipson
10. Providing and financing elder care in China John Whitman and Lawton Robert Burns
Part IV. Insurers and Reimbursement: 11. Health insurance in China Ambar LaForgia and Lawton Robert Burns
12. Health insurance and chronic disease control: quasi-experimental evidence from hypertension in rural China Karen Eggleston, Kate Bundorf, Margaret Triyana, Yan Wang and Sen Zhou
13. Drug pricing and health technology assessment in China and other Asian markets Gordon Liu, Nan Luo and Zhongyun Zhao
Part V. Product Manufacturers: 14. China's pharmaceutical sector Rachel Lee and Lawton Robert Burns
15. China's medical technology sector James Deng and Lawton Robert Burns
16. Life sciences investment and biotechnology in China Stephen Sammut and Lawton Robert Burns
Index.

Subject Areas: Business innovation [KJD], Health economics [KCQ]