Current Status, Problems, and Countermeasures of Health Investment in China
This study analyzes the status, issues, and strategies of investment in China's medical and health sector. It underscores the critical role of a healthy workforce and health industry in driving economic growth, noting their importance for both public welfare and high-quality socio-economic prog...
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| description | This study analyzes the status, issues, and strategies of investment in China's medical and health sector. It underscores the critical role of a healthy workforce and health industry in driving economic growth, noting their importance for both public welfare and high-quality socio-economic progress. Through horizontal and vertical comparisons, the study highlights key issues: the low proportion of health expenditure to GDP, insufficient government investment, and an underdeveloped financing structure relative to international standards. Based on these findings, the study recommends: (1) shifting traditional perspectives on health investment to emphasize its critical importance, and incorporating health sector development goals into relevant performance evaluations; (2) increasing the scale of investment, establishing a stable, sustainable, and diversified government funding mechanism, integrating various forms of social resources, and expanding health financing channels; (3) enhancing investment efficiency by adopting a population health indicator-based framework for investment, monitoring, and evaluation, thereby advancing health governance modernization. The study advocates for positioning the medical and health sector at the core of economic development to achieve a synergistic advancement of health and the economy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-78941385e3884dbabaf42e5e2afc46c92025-08-20T02:08:50Zzho《中国工程科学》杂志社中国工程科学1009-17422024-12-012661910.15302/J-SSCAE-2024.02.008Current Status, Problems, and Countermeasures of Health Investment in ChinaChen Wang0Chao Wang1Zhong Cao2Lirui Jiao3Zhangfeng Jin4Lan Xue5Simiao Chen61. School of Population Medicine and Public Health, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China1. School of Population Medicine and Public Health, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China2. Heidelberg Institute of Global Health at Heidelberg University, Heidelberg 69120, Germany3. Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516, USA4. School of Economics, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China5. School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China1. School of Population Medicine and Public Health, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, ChinaThis study analyzes the status, issues, and strategies of investment in China's medical and health sector. It underscores the critical role of a healthy workforce and health industry in driving economic growth, noting their importance for both public welfare and high-quality socio-economic progress. Through horizontal and vertical comparisons, the study highlights key issues: the low proportion of health expenditure to GDP, insufficient government investment, and an underdeveloped financing structure relative to international standards. Based on these findings, the study recommends: (1) shifting traditional perspectives on health investment to emphasize its critical importance, and incorporating health sector development goals into relevant performance evaluations; (2) increasing the scale of investment, establishing a stable, sustainable, and diversified government funding mechanism, integrating various forms of social resources, and expanding health financing channels; (3) enhancing investment efficiency by adopting a population health indicator-based framework for investment, monitoring, and evaluation, thereby advancing health governance modernization. The study advocates for positioning the medical and health sector at the core of economic development to achieve a synergistic advancement of health and the economy.https://www.engineering.org.cn/sscae/EN/PDF/10.15302/J-SSCAE-2024.02.008population medicinehealth economicshealth investmenthealth industrymacro-level efficiency |
| spellingShingle | Chen Wang Chao Wang Zhong Cao Lirui Jiao Zhangfeng Jin Lan Xue Simiao Chen Current Status, Problems, and Countermeasures of Health Investment in China 中国工程科学 population medicine health economics health investment health industry macro-level efficiency |
| title | Current Status, Problems, and Countermeasures of Health Investment in China |
| title_full | Current Status, Problems, and Countermeasures of Health Investment in China |
| title_fullStr | Current Status, Problems, and Countermeasures of Health Investment in China |
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| title_short | Current Status, Problems, and Countermeasures of Health Investment in China |
| title_sort | current status problems and countermeasures of health investment in china |
| topic | population medicine health economics health investment health industry macro-level efficiency |
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