期刊: HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING, 2022; 37 (7)
Although extreme poverty has been eradicated in China, older adults in empty-nest households may risk falling into or returning to poverty in the futu......
期刊: HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING, 2022; 37 (3)
Lower education is related to higher biological risks for physiological health, but it remains unclear whether the risks can be reduced through polici......
期刊: HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING, 2022; 37 (6)
In the last two decades, developing countries have increasingly engaged in improving the governance of their health systems and promoting policy desig......
期刊: HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING, 2022; 37 (9)
Against the backdrop of universal healthcare coverage and pre-existing policies on antimicrobial use, China has adopted a state-governed, multi-level,......
期刊: HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING, 2022; 37 (2)
This study sought to explore whether there are significant disparities in the financing of healthcare between urban and rural populations following th......
期刊: HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING, 2022; 37 (4)
Telemedicine and telehealth hold promise for reducing access barriers, improving quality and containing medical costs. As Internet companies enter the......
期刊: HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING, 2022; 37 (6)
Long-term care insurance (LTCI) is one of the important institutional responses to the growing care needs of the ageing population. Although previous ......
期刊: HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING, 2022; 37 (1)
High drug costs are putting pressure on healthcare budgets and posing an obstacle for China to achieve universal health coverage. Policies such as the......
期刊: HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING, 2020; 35 (2)
Although China's community health system helped inspire the 1978 Alma Ata Declaration on Health for All, it currently faces the challenge of strengthe......
期刊: HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING, 2020; 35 (3)
The underutilization of primary care in urban China threatens the efficiency and effectiveness of the Chinese health system. To guide patient flow to ......
期刊: HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING, 2020; 35 (3)
In 2009, China launched an ambitious health system reform that combined extending social health insurance scheme with improving efficiency, access and......
期刊: HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING, 2020; 35 (8)
Hypertension and diabetes are highly prevalent in China and pose significant health and economic burdens, but large gaps in care remain for people wit......
期刊: HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING, 2019; 34 (1)
The rapid diffusion of medical technologies is widely recognized as a key driver of healthcare cost escalation. The excessive duplication of technolog......
期刊: HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING, 2019; 34 (2)
Civil wars, political conflicts, ethnic issues and stagnant social development have resulted in fragile health systems in Northeastern Myanmar. The he......
期刊: HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING, 2019; 34 (5)
Quantitative evidence suggests that ethnic disparities in maternal healthcare use are substantial in Western China, but the reasons for these remain u......