Executive summary Around the world, populations are ageing at a faster pace than in the
past and this demographic transition will have effects on all aspects of societies. In May …

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 …

China successfully achieved universal health insurance coverage in 2011, representing the
largest expansion of insurance coverage in human history. While the achievement is widely …

China experienced both economic and epistemological transitions within the past few
decades, greatly increasing demand for accessible and affordable health care. These shifts …

Protecting households from high out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for health care is an
important health system goal. High OOP payments can push households into poverty and …

This paper estimates the causal effect of income on health outcomes of the elderly and
investigates underlying mechanisms by exploiting an income change induced by the launch …

Medical waste is a special class of hazardous pollutants. Improper treatment would cause
secondary environmental pollution, especially when responding to public health …

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 …

Background We assessed change in household catastrophic health care expenditures
(CHE) and inequality in facing such expenditures in south-west Tehran. Methods A cluster …

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 …