articleNew England Journal of MedicineSep 14, 2005Closed access

Privatization and Its Discontents — The Evolving Chinese Health Care System

Massachusetts General Hospital · Mass General Brigham

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Abstract

In this report, the authors describe the deterioration of China's health care system in the 1980s and 1990s in the context of privatization of the Chinese economy. They discuss the Chinese government's current efforts to address the crisis in order to improve access to and delivery of health care.

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Keywords
  • Medicine
  • China
  • Context (archaeology)
  • Government (linguistics)
  • Health care
  • Health care delivery
  • Order (exchange)
  • Healthcare system
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