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UNINA9910454569203321 |
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Titolo |
Reforming China's rural health system [[electronic resource] /] / Adam Wagstaff ... [et al.] |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Washington, DC, : World Bank, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-18399-0 |
1-282-15421-4 |
9786612183997 |
9786612154218 |
0-8213-7983-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (276 p.) |
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Collana |
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Directions in development |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Rural health services - China |
Health care reform - China |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-238) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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China's health challenges at the start of the new millennium -- The rural health reforms of the 2000s -- Looking toward a new decade : the big picture -- Financing rural insurance coverage -- Improving service delivery : a question of incentives -- Enhancing accountability and incentives in public health -- The longer-term reform agenda. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Since 1978 when it embarked on sweeping agricultural and industrial reforms, China's economic growth has been remarkable. Its success in transforming itself within just three decades from a very poor low-income country to a successful middle-income country is unparalleled. During this period, however, and in contrast to the first 30 years of the People's Republic, progress in the health sector has been disappointing. For example, during the period 1980-2007, China increased its income per head as a percentage of the OECD average from 3 percent to 15 per cent, but infant mortality fell no faster |
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