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. 2019 Jun 19:365:l2349.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.l2349.

What can we learn from China's health system reform?

Qingyue Meng  1 , Anne Mills  2 , Longde Wang  3 , Qide Han  4
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What can we learn from China's health system reform?

Qingyue Meng et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Qingyue Meng and colleagues assess what China’s health system reform has achieved and what needs to be done over the next decade

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Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and have no relevant interests to declare.

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Total health expenditure by source, 2000-17 (1¥=£0.11; €0.13; $0.14)
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Percentage of patients who did not use inpatient care when needed
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Maternal mortality rate by income level of provinces, 2005-17
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China’s world ranking for per capita health expenditure, mortality among children 5 years, and life expectancy at birth, 1995-15
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