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Pandemic Influenza and the Globalization of Public Health
December 2009
When one can circle the globe in less than the time of incubation of most infectious pathogens, it is clear every country relies to some extent on the health systems of other countries to prevent...
The Global Challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance: Insights from Economic Analysis
August 2010
The prevalence of antimicrobial resistance (AR) limits the therapeutic options for treatment of infections, and increases the social benefit from disease prevention.
The weaker sex? Vulnerable men and women's resilience to socio-economic disadvantage
September 2016
Sex differences in mortality vary over time and place as a function of social, health, and medical circumstances.
Health Insurance and Chronic Disease Control: Quasi-experimental Evidence from Hypertension in Rural China
February 2017
"Health Insurance and Chronic Disease Control: Quasi-experimental Evidence from Hypertension in Rural China" is a chapter within the volume China's Healthcare System and Reform.
Poisonous Pandas: Chinese Cigarette Manufacturing in Critical Historical Perspectives
May 2018
*/ A favorite icon for cigarette manufacturers across China since the mid-twentieth century has been the panda, with factories from Shanghai to Sichuan using cuddly cliché to market tobacco...
Patient Copayments, Provider Incentives and Income Effects: Theory and Evidence from the Essential Medications List under China’s 2009 Healthcare Reform
March 2017
Expanding access through insurance expansion can increase health‐care utilization through moral hazard.
The Educational Gradient in Health in China
May 2017
It has been well established that better educated individuals enjoy better health and longevity.
How Do Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM)-Related Complications and Socioeconomic Factors Impact Direct Medical Costs? A Cross-Sectional Study in Rural Southeast China
November 2018
Objective To evaluate type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)-related direct medical costs by complication type and complication number, and to assess the impacts of complications as well as socioeconomic...
Enhancing Financial Protection under China’s Social Health Insurance to Achieve Universal Health Coverage
June 2019
China started comprehensive health system reforms in 2009.
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