简介:EDITOR'SNOTE:Inaninterviewgivenoflatetoourstaffreporter,GaoQiang,ChineseMinisterofHealth,spokeontheachievementsmadebyChinainmedicalandhealthworkduringtheTenthFive-YearPlanperiod(2001-2005),thesoaringmedicalcoststhathaveinvokedmuchpubliccomplaint,waysofcarryingtodepththereformofthemedicalservicesystem,developmentoftheruralcooperativemedicalsystemandcommunity-basedmedicalservicesincities,aswellaspreventionandcontrolofAIDS.Followingisatranscriptoftheinterview.
简介:TheissueofhealthstatusandcarefortheelderlyinurbanandruralareasisbecomingincreasinglyseriousintherapidcontextofpopulationaginginChina.ThepaperanalyzedthehealthstatusofurbanandruralelderlyinChinainthetwo-weekmorbidityrate,prevalencerateofchronicdiseases,disabilitystatus,self-ratedhealthandhealthylifeexpectancyoftheelderlyusingthedatafromthe2006SamplingSurveyontheStatusofUrban/RuralAgedPopulationinChina,theFourthNationalHealthServiceSurveyandthe2006SecondChinaNationalSampleSurveyonDisability,toexplorethecurrentprovisionofsourcesofcarefortheelderlyandtrytomakesomepolicyrecommendationsabouttoimprovethehealthandcarefortheelderlypopulationfacingthecrisisofpopulationaging.