Soeren Mattke

The Role of Health Care Transformation for the Chinese Dream: Powering Economic Growth, Promoting a Harmonious Society Soeren Mattke

Marc Notes: RR-600-AETNA--Page 4 of cover.; Includes bibliographical references (pages 41-47). Table of Contents: Preface -- Figures -- Summary -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. The Policy Argument for Rethinking Health Care in China -- 1.1. Research Approach -- 1.2. Population Aging, Lifestyle Changes, and Growing Wealth Are Increasing the Burden of Chronic Disease and Disability in China -- 1.3. The Capacity of the Current Health Care Delivery System and Human Resource Pools Are Not Prepared to Meet the Increasing Demand for Public Health and Health Care Services -- 1.4. Building Capacity and Capabilities to Handle Expected Demand Remains a Challenge -- 1.5. The Current System Has Limited Absorptive Capacity -- Chapter 2. Designing and Implementing an Innovative Model for Organizing and Delivering Health Care Can Turn This Challenge into an Opportunity -- 2.1. Health Care as a Cornerstone of a Knowledge-Based Economy -- 2.2. Unlocking Savings to Increase Domestic Demand -- 2.3. Successful Innovative Models Stimulates Export of Services and Capabilities to Develop and Maintain Critical Infrastructure -- Chapter 3. The Western-Style Health Care Model Offers Cautionary Lessons for China -- 3.1. Limited Investment in Information Technology Relative to Other Industries -- 3.2. Lack of Adherence to Guidelines and Best Practices -- 3.3. Limited Performance Monitoring and Improvement -- 3.4. Physician-Centric, Encounter-Based, and Poorly Coordinated Care -- 3.5. Misaligned Incentives -- 3.6. Lack of Consumer Involvement in Care -- Chapter 4. Fast-Growing Economies Like China's Have a Unique Opportunity to Implement Innovative Health Care Systems -- Chapter 5. Adopting Population Health Management Can Propel China to World-Class HealthCare -- 5.1. A Blueprint for China's Future Health Care System -- 5.2. Care Delivery Under the Population Health Model -- Chapter 6. Conclusions -- References. Publisher Marketing: After having successfully expanded health insurance coverage, China now faces the challenge of building an effective and efficient delivery system to serve its large and aging population. RAND researchers recommend that rather than emulate the models of Western countries, which have well-known limitations, China should create an innovative model based on population health management principles and sophisticated health information technology.