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| Meeting the needs of elderly people in China | | Author(s) | Tuhong Zhang, Yude Chen |
| Journal title | British Medical Journal, vol 333 no 7564, 19 August 2006 |
| Pages | pp 363-364 |
| Source | http://www.bmj.com |
| Keywords | Health services ; Community care ; Social surveys ; China. |
| Annotation | Community health care is a good idea, but is being implemented unsatisfactorily in China. This short article compares China's population composition with that of the UK. It then outlines the findings of the national household health survey conducted in China in 1998 and 2003 (published in 2004). Among trends noted are changes in the patterns of illness: hypertension has become more prevalent than acute respiratory disease since 1998; cardiac vascular disease and cerebrovascular disease have both increased; and there are more unmet needs. Accessibility of or to healthcare is a problem, for reasons of distance, lack of professionally qualified health professionals, or of healthcare centres not covered by medical insurance. The Chinese government should ensure that older people have access to healthcare by extending healthcare coverage to more people, and by better funding. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060921202 A |
| Classmark | L: PA: 3F: 7DC * |
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