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Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2: The Notion of a Health Good in China and Elsewhere -- A Health Good: Definition and Implications -- Public Good and Private Good: General Definitions -- The Health Good and Assumptions of Pure and Perfect Competition -- Price Elasticity -- Should Health be a Universally Accessible Good or One Governed by Supply and Demand? -- Is Health a Good Accessible to All? -- Health as a Private Good and the Healthcare Market -- Differentiated Access According to Type of Good -- Cases According to the Vital Prognosis (Engaged or Not) -- Medical Consultations: From Physical to Online -- Prescription and Non-prescription Drugs -- Specificities of the Health Good in China -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3: Organization of Healthcare in China and its Reforms -- Structure of Healthcare in China and its Evolution -- Healthcare Footprint in Rural Zones -- Healthcare Footprint in Urban Areas -- The Influence of the Hukou on Access to Healthcare in Urban Areas -- What Lessons Can be Learned from the Evolution of the Chinese Healthcare System? -- Current Healthcare Institutions and Ownership -- Village Clinics and Township Hospitals -- Community Health Service Institutions -- Current Situational Analysis -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4: Hospital Institutional Context and Funding -- Public Health Establishments -- Institutional Context -- Ownership -- Governing Bodies -- Evolution of Funding -- Improving Healthcare Quality and Reducing Hospital Expenditure Funding -- Funding of Public Hospitals Today -- Early Forms of Prospective Payment in China -- First Implementation of the DRG Payment in China -- Private Health Establishments -- Is the Private Hospital Sector Really Booming?.

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