Showing papers by "China Medical Board published in 2008"
TL;DR: Emergence of chronic diseases presents special challenges for China's ongoing reform of health care, given the large numbers who require curative treatment and the narrow window of opportunity for timely prevention of disease.
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TL;DR: With economic boom and growing government revenues, China is unlike other countries challenged by health inequities and can afford the necessary reforms so that economic development goes hand-in-hand with improved health equity.
452 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyse China's current health workforce in terms of quantity, quality, and distribution, and find that inter-county inequality in the distribution of both doctors and nurses is very high, with most of this inequality accounted for by within-province inequalities (82% or more) rather than by between-region inequalities.
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22 Jan 2008TL;DR: In this paper, a standard setting method for schools including establishing a student level standard, generating a school-level standard based on a percentage of students that meet the studentlevel standard for performance criteria, and generating a report is presented.
Abstract: A standard setting method for schools including establishing a student level standard, generating a school-level standard based on a percentage of students that meet the student-level standard for performance criteria, and generating a report.
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