Open AccessHas China’s Health Sector Development Matched the Rapid Growth in the Country?
Author(s) -
Marta Tripane
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
european scientific journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1857-7881
pISSN - 1857-7431
DOI - 10.19044/esj.2017.v13n36p1
Subject(s) - china , health care , economic growth , order (exchange) , population , development economics , geography , demographic economics , political science , economics , environmental health , medicine , archaeology , finance
China is the world's largest country by population, the third largest by territory and the second largest world’s economy by GDP. Therefore it is important to follow the successes and failures of China in the field of health, because they affect the health area and processes in the world. This article includes retrospective analysis of empirical data to analyze the main inputs and outputs of China's health policy in order to identify the main problems and highlight the major challenges. In the article is concluded that main problems are related with insufficient and unequal access to health care.