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Sort Desciption: HealthPoverty and Economic Development in China summarizes the health issues confronting. China and the strategies outlined bythe Chinese Governmentto ...

Content Inside: CHINA:HEALTHPOVERTY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Office ofthe W orld Health OrganizationRepresentative inChina and SocialDevelopmentDepartmentofChinaState CouncilDevelopmentResearch Center December 2005 Beijing 2 ACKNOW LEDGEMENT This reportwas prepared under the W orld Health Organization(W HO)s Macroeconomics and Health initiative. SocialDevelopmentDepartmentofState CouncilDevelopmentResearch Centre (DRC) and Office of the W HO Representative in China jointlyprepared this report. Dr. Sen Gong ofDRC and Dr. Hana BrixiofW HO have led the effort. Dr. Nigning Ding DRC Director Generaland Dr. Henk Bekedam W HO ResidentRepresentative provided directionand guidance. Professor Yanfeng Ge Professor Shantong LiDr. Jianwu He and Professor Liqun Zhang ofDRC and Dr. Sergio SpinaciDr. Padma Shetty Dr. HongweiYang ofW HO and their former colleagues Dr. James Killingsworth and Dr. Ding Liang provided helpfulcomments and consultations throughout the drafting process. Dr. Liejun W ang Dr. Jigang W eiand Mr. Yu She of the DRC Social DevelopmentResearch Departmentassisted with literature review. Dr. Melanie W alker prepared and edited the finalversionofthe report. Furthermore the reportbenefited from inputs and comments provided by numerous experts and officials during dedicated workshops and consultative meetings held by DRC and by the United Nations Health Partners Theme GroupinBeijing. 3 ACKNOW LEDGEMENT. 2 1. INTRODUCTION. 4 2. HEALTH OUTCOMES AND CHALLENGES. 6 2.1 Health outcomes. 6 2.1.1 Continuing progress. 6 2.1.2 Disparities . 8 2.2 Health problems. 11 2.2.1 Leading causes ofdisease. 11 2.2.2 Health risks . 12 2.2.3 Demographic trends. 13 3. HEALTH SERVICES:ACCESS DELIVERY AND FINANCING . 14 3.1 Access tohealth services bythe poor . 14 3.1.1 Financialbarriers. 14 3.1.2 Geographic obstacles . 16 3.1.3 Exclusion. 16 3.2 Health care financing and delivery. 16 3.2.1 Decentralizationand geographicalinequities. 16 3. ...

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