03030oam 22006975 450 991082361490332120200520144314.01-282-18399-01-282-15421-4978661218399797866121542180-8213-7983-610.1596/978-0-8213-7982-0(CKB)1000000000786483(EBL)459739(OCoLC)507833704(SSID)ssj0000089197(PQKBManifestationID)11990678(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000089197(PQKBWorkID)10111329(PQKB)10873911(MiAaPQ)EBC459739(Au-PeEL)EBL459739(CaPaEBR)ebr10369837(CaONFJC)MIL218399(OCoLC)431299641(The World Bank)101501897(US-djbf)15698494(EXLCZ)99100000000078648320090410d2009 uf 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierReforming China's rural health system /Adam Wagstaff ... [and others]Washington, DC :World Bank,[2009]copyright 2009.xxi, 248 pages illustrations ;23 cmDirections in developmentDescription based upon print version of record.0-8213-7982-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-238) and index.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.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 fasterDirections in development (Washington, D.C.)World Bank e-Library.Rural health servicesChinaHealth care reformChinaRural health servicesHealth care reform362.1/04257Wagstaff Adam140759World Bank.DNLM/DLCDLCDLCBOOK9910823614903321Reforming China's rural health system3946018UNINA