CHINA HEALTH-CARE SECTOR IN TRANSITION - RESOURCES, DEMAND AND REFORMS

Economic development and reforms have had profound impacts on China's health care sector. As a result, the health care sector in China is in transition. This report reviews the major changes, and the possible p olicy response to these changes in China's health care sector. It disc usses resource availability in the Chinese health sector, and analyses the trend of household demand for health care goods and services. Thi s study also examines the trade and investment situations in China's h ealth sector and investigates the major forces that are driving the tr ansition in health care and comments on the potential policy responses . Copyright (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.