Reforming public hospital financing in China: progress and challenges

Reforming the financing and governance of GME.

S recent reports have highlighted the mismatch between the health needs of the U.S. population and the specialty distribution of newly trained physicians, the continuing geographic maldistribution of physicians within the country, inadequate diversity among physicians, gaps in physicians’ skills for practicing in the new health care delivery context, and the lack of fiscal transparency in the g...

Reforming long-term care financing through insurance

Until recently, insurance for long-term care was not viewed as feasible. This perception has changed dramatically in the past few years. Several models of long-term care insurance have begun to be tested. Although the application of insurance principles to long-term care is still new, the emergence of private market interest in developing long-term care insurance has been a catalyst to renewed ...

Pension Reform in China: Its Progress and Challenges

Immunoglobulin A nephropathy in China: progress and challenges.

BACKGROUND IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is the most common primary glomerulonephritis in China. In about 20% of patients it will lead to renal insufficiency within 10 years, even in those with clinically early IgAN, which causes a great burden for patients and society. METHODS We reviewed basic and clinical research work in China. Comparisons between data from China and those from other countries w...

Drug-resistant tuberculosis control in China: progress and challenges.

BACKGROUND China has the second highest caseload of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in the world. In 2009, the Chinese government agreed to draw up a plan for MDR-TB prevention and control in the context of a comprehensive health system reform launched in the same year. DISCUSSION China is facing high prevalence rates of drug-resistant TB and MDR-TB. MDR-TB disproportionally affects...