Abstract
A nation's health and the health-care services provided to its citizens are determined by inter-related ecological, economic, political, and sociocultural factors. Ongoing changes in these conditions guide the evolution of health and health services in a community. Here we describe major transitions in China since 1949. Five phases are described, but other divisions could also be valid 1 Blumenthal D Hsiao W Privatization and its discontents—the evolving Chinese Health Care System. N Engl J Med. 2005; 353: 1165-1170 Crossref PubMed Scopus (474) Google Scholar and the timing and characteristics of each phase vary in different parts of the country. Department of ErrorDong Z, Phillips MR. Evolution of China's health-care system. Lancet 2008; 372: 1715–16—In this Comment (Nov 15), the corresponding author's email address should have been “ [email protected] ”. Full-Text PDF
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