Although China's 2009 health-care reform has made impressive progress in expansion of
insurance coverage, much work remains to improve its wasteful health-care delivery …

China's current strategy to improve how health services are paid for is headed in the right
direction, but much more remains to be done. The problems to be resolved, reflecting the …

The proposal to rebuild a good primary health-care system occupies a central role in China's
health-care reform, which was announced in 2009. 1 In the planned model, the functions of …

The Chinese Government recently approved guidelines for reform of the health-care system
and published an action plan of targets for reform in 2009–11. 1, 2 Estimates suggest that …

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 …

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 …

Since Singapore became an independent nation in 1965, the development of its health-care
system has been underpinned by an emphasis on personal responsibility for health, and …

Japan's health indices such as life expectancy at birth are among the best in the world.
However, at 8· 5% the proportion of gross domestic product spent on health is 20th among …

China has made remarkable progress in strengthening its primary health-care system.
Nevertheless, the system still faces challenges in structural characteristics, incentives and …

Private health care in low-income and middle-income countries is very extensive and very
heterogeneous, ranging from itinerant medicine sellers, through millions of independent …