The Challenge of Public Health in a Great Nation (Exploring the Current Situation of Rural Medical and Health Care in China and the Reform of the System)

Author: Wang Hongman
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: This book is a genuine and objective rural health report based on extensive research and the collection of a large amount of data. It enables leaders at all levels, scholars, and Chinese citizens concerned with national and people's livelihoods to gain a profound understanding of the current state of rural health and social conditions. The book explores the significant policy and public management perspectives that rural and farmers' health situations have on cities and the nation, both in existing and potential forms. It employs modern political and economic theories such as new institutional economics and good governance theory to conduct multi-level, multi-angle analyses. The book proposes actionable institutional designs and arrangements, and is accompanied by numerous illustrations. In response to the needs of the new era in the 21st century, reforms and attempts have been made in the system and content of the book, exploring some new theoretical issues and elaborating on new academic viewpoints to assess their feasibility.