Early appraisal of China's huge and complex health-care reforms

WCM Yip, WC Hsiao, W Chen, S Hu, J Ma, A Maynard - The Lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
China's 3 year, CN¥ 850 billion (US $125 billion) reform plan, launched in 2009, marked the
first phase towards achieving comprehensive universal health coverage by 2020. The …

The financial burden from non-communicable diseases in low-and middle-income countries: a literature review

HT Kankeu, P Saksena, K Xu, DB Evans - Health research policy and …, 2013 - Springer
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) were previously considered to only affect high-income
countries. However, they now account for a very large burden in terms of both mortality and …

[LIVRE][B] World health statistics 2010

World Health Organization - 2010 - books.google.com
World Health Statistics 2010 contains WHO's annual compilation of data from its 193
member states, and includes a summary of progress towards the health-related millennium …

Impact of noncommunicable disease multimorbidity on healthcare utilisation and out-of-pocket expenditures in middle-income countries: cross sectional analysis

JT Lee, F Hamid, S Pati, R Atun, C Millett - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background The burden of non-communicable disease (NCDs) has grown rapidly in low-
and middle-income countries (LMICs), where populations are ageing, with rising prevalence …

[LIVRE][B] Going universal: how 24 develo** countries are implementing universal health coverage from the bottom up

D Cotlear, S Nagpal, O Smith, A Tandon, R Cortez - 2015 - books.google.com
This book is about 24 develo** countries that have embarked on the journey towards
universal health coverage (UHC) following a bottom-up approach, with a special focus on …

The impact of health insurance on health outcomes and spending of the elderly: evidence from China's new cooperative medical scheme

L Cheng, H Liu, Y Zhang, K Shen, Y Zeng - Health economics, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This paper investigates the effects of China's New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS) on
health outcomes and healthcare expenditure of the elderly in rural China, using panel data …

Health system strengthening and hypertension awareness, treatment and control: data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study

XL Feng, M Pang, J Beard - Bulletin of the World Health …, 2013 - SciELO Public Health
Objective To monitor hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment and control in China
two to three years after major reform of the health system. Methods Data from a national …

China's health system and its reform: a review of recent studies

A Wagstaff, W Yip, M Lindelow, WC Hsiao - Health economics, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
This paper provides a survey of the recent empirical research on China's 'old'health system
(ie prior to the spate of reforms beginning in 2003). It argues that this research has …

[HTML][HTML] Switching from originator brand medicines to generic equivalents in selected develo** countries: how much could be saved?

A Cameron, AK Mantel-Teeuwisse, HGM Leufkens… - Value in health, 2012 - Elsevier
Objectives In low-and middle-income countries, patients and reimbursement agencies that
purchase medicines in the private sector pay more for originator brands when generic …

Early childhood exposure to health insurance and adolescent outcomes: Evidence from rural China

W Huang, H Liu - Journal of Development Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper examines the impact of exposure to public health insurance in early life on
outcomes in adolescence in rural China. Exploiting the variation in the county-by-county …