Quality of primary health care in China: challenges and recommendations

X Li, HM Krumholz, W Yip, KK Cheng, J De Maeseneer… - The Lancet, 2020‏ - thelancet.com
China has substantially increased financial investment and introduced favourable policies
for strengthening its primary health care system with core responsibilities in preventing and …

A research agenda for ageing in China in the 21st century: Focusing on basic and translational research, long-term care, policy and social networks

EF Fang, C **e, JA Schenkel, C Wu, Q Long… - Ageing research …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
One of the key issues facing public healthcare is the global trend of an increasingly ageing
society which continues to present policy makers and caregivers with formidable healthcare …

10 years of health-care reform in China: progress and gaps in Universal Health Coverage

W Yip, H Fu, AT Chen, T Zhai, W Jian, R Xu, J Pan… - The Lancet, 2019‏ - thelancet.com
In 2009, China launched a major health-care reform and pledged to provide all citizens with
equal access to basic health care with reasonable quality and financial risk protection. The …

Long-term care system for older adults in China: policy landscape, challenges, and future prospects

Z Feng, E Glinskaya, H Chen, S Gong, Y Qiu, J Xu… - The Lancet, 2020‏ - thelancet.com
In China, the population is rapidly ageing and the capacity of the system that cares for older
people is increasingly a concern. In this Review, we provide a profile of the long-term care …

Preterm births in China between 2012 and 2018: an observational study of more than 9 million women

K Deng, J Liang, Y Mu, Z Liu, Y Wang, M Li… - The Lancet Global …, 2021‏ - thelancet.com
Background Preterm birth rates have increased significantly worldwide over the past
decade. Few epidemiological studies on the incidence of preterm birth and temporal trends …

The primary health-care system in China

X Li, J Lu, S Hu, KK Cheng, J De Maeseneer, Q Meng… - The Lancet, 2017‏ - thelancet.com
China has made remarkable progress in strengthening its primary health-care system.
Nevertheless, the system still faces challenges in structural characteristics, incentives and …

Alleviating the access abyss in palliative care and pain relief—an imperative of universal health coverage: the Lancet Commission report

FM Knaul, PE Farmer, EL Krakauer, L De Lima… - The Lancet, 2018‏ - thelancet.com
In agonising, crippling pain from lung cancer, Mr S came to the palliative care service in
Calicut, Kerala, from an adjoining district a couple of hours away by bus. His body language …

Cancer statistics in China, 2015

W Chen, R Zheng, PD Baade, S Zhang… - CA: a cancer journal …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
With increasing incidence and mortality, cancer is the leading cause of death in China and is
a major public health problem. Because of China's massive population (1.37 billion) …

Hypertension in China: burdens, guidelines and policy responses: a state-of-the-art review

R Yin, L Yin, L Li, J Silva-Nash, J Tan, Z Pan… - Journal of human …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Hypertension is a leading risk factor of cardiovascular disease and it is becoming
increasingly prevalent globally. Correspondingly, the Chinese government and public health …

Rapid health transition in China, 1990–2010: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

G Yang, Y Wang, Y Zeng, GF Gao, X Liang, M Zhou… - The lancet, 2013‏ - thelancet.com
Background China has undergone rapid demographic and epidemiological changes in the
past few decades, including striking declines in fertility and child mortality and increases in …