The Role of Health Economics and Outcomes Research in Health Care Reform in China

The health care system in China has been undergoing reforms for the past three decades. In this context, health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) will be instrumental to evidence-based decision making and is expected to play a major role in China's health care reform. Improvements in the h...

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Published inPharmacoEconomics Vol. 32; no. 3; pp. 231 - 234
Main Authors Liang, Wannian, Xie, Jipan, Fu, Hongpeng, Wu, Eric Q.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham Springer International Publishing 01.03.2014
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
China
Clinical outcomes
Costs
Decision Making
Disease
Editorial
Evidence-Based Practice
Government Regulation
Health Administration
Health care policy
Health Care Reform - economics
Health Care Reform - legislation & jurisprudence
Health Economics
Health insurance
Health Services Research - economics
Health Services Research - legislation & jurisprudence
Health technology assessment
Hospital systems
Hospitals
Incentives
Infrastructure
Insurance coverage
Medical research
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
National health insurance
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Pharmaceuticals
Pharmacoeconomics
Pharmacoeconomics and Health Outcomes
Prescription drugs
Primary care
Public Health
Quality of Life Research
Reforms
Rural areas
Urban areas
China
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Summary:The health care system in China has been undergoing reforms for the past three decades. In this context, health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) will be instrumental to evidence-based decision making and is expected to play a major role in China's health care reform. Improvements in the health care infrastructure and health insurance coverage have in turn led to better health outcomes in the Chinese population. Despite such achievements over the past 30 years, China's current health care system still faces a number of challenges. Among these are regional disparities in resource allocation and health insurance coverage, inadequate government funding of public hospitals, and an inefficient and inadequately monitored pharmaceutical market. Thus, substantial efforts have been devoted to developing and collecting data useful in HEOR. With the development of health informatics systems, many hospitals in China have switched from paper medical charts to electronic medical records
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ISSN:1170-7690
1179-2027
DOI:10.1007/s40273-014-0141-2