Thesis and Outline

Annotated Bibliography

Eggleston, K. (2010). “‘Kan Bing Nan, Kan Bing Gui’: Challenges for China’s Healthcare System Thirty Years into Reform. Growing Pains: Tensions and Opportunities in China’s Transformation. Stanford, CA: Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-‐Pacific Research Center.

There are challenges that China healthcare face that calls for the restructuring of the whole system. A large population of the country complains about how expensive and difficult it is to acquire medical care. Inequalities in income, corruption, education fees and social security seem to be other factors that hinder proper provision and access to medical facilities. China should emphasize on quality production of goods and services as their technology improves to help curb some challenges.

Meng, Q. (2007). Developing and implementing equity-promoting health care policies in China. Health Systems Knowledge Network of the World Health Organization’s Commission on Social Determinants of Health.

There is a disparity hat exists between the rural and urban population regarding how accessible and affordable the services are. The widening gaps between the population groups pose a threat to the efficiency provision of health facilities. It is, therefore, necessary that China comes up with policies that will promote equity so that it can compete with countries such as the US.

Brown III, H. S., &Pagán, J. A. (2006).Managed care and the scale efficiency of US hospitals. International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, 6(4), 278-289.

The efficiency of the US hospitals has been brought by the improvement in the technology whereby services have become more efficient. Research has shown that health costs can be controlled easily by controlling the diffusion of expensive technology. It is, therefore, necessary that China tries to implement these facts prevent costs inflations.

Duckett, J. (2010). Economic crisis and China’s 2009 health reform plan: rebuilding social protection for stability and growth? China Analysis: Studies in China’s Political Economy, (80), 1-14.

Social protection is an important aspect of determining the Economic growth of the country. We realize that with the high health care costs, people tend to save more for such occurrences. Suppose China creates reliable social security it will be easy to avoid economic crisis since people will feel safe and invest more in other economic activities that would generate revenue.

Darimont, B. (2008). Social security in contemporary China. Regime Legitimacy in Contemporary China, 199.

Social security is necessary for any developed country since the citizens need full protection to feel safe. Without such measures being put in place, it will be a total failure in China with the healthcare management. The social insurance in the urban areas and the countryside should be in such a way that neither party is favored to promote equality.