IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/wsi/adrxxx/v23y2006i02ns0116110506500077.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Inclusiveness of Economic Growth in the People’s Republic of China: What Do Population Health Outcomes Tell Us?

Author

Listed:
  • Ajay Tandon
  • Juzhong Zhuang
  • Somnath Chatterji

Abstract

Despite the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) remarkable economic growth, improvements in population health outcomes slowed during the reform period. Along with increasing commercialization of the health sector, urban−rural disparities in health have increased; there are large health inequalities between the rich and the poor; and income has become a major constraint to health. Noting the current debate in the PRC on models of the health care system, the paper argues that whatever model is followed, there has to be a greater public sector role in funding basic health care, providing protective health cover to the poor and vulnerable groups, and regulating various actors in the health market. If not, the PRC’s growth process risks leaving a large section of its population behind in terms of key development indicators such as health.

Suggested Citation

  • Ajay Tandon & Juzhong Zhuang & Somnath Chatterji, 2006. "Inclusiveness of Economic Growth in the People’s Republic of China: What Do Population Health Outcomes Tell Us?," Asian Development Review (ADR), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 23(02), pages 53-69.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:adrxxx:v:23:y:2006:i:02:n:s0116110506500077
    DOI: 10.1142/S0116110506500077
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S0116110506500077
    Download Restriction: Open Access
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1142/S0116110506500077?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:wsi:adrxxx:v:23:y:2006:i:02:n:s0116110506500077. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Tai Tone Lim (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscinet/adr .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.