Shanghai’s Track Record in Population Health Status: What Can Explain It?; Comment on “Shanghai Rising: Health Improvements as Measured by Avoidable Mortality Since 2000”
Health reforms that emphasize public health and improvements in primary care can be cost-effective measures to achieve health improvements, especially in developing countries that face severe resource constraints. In their paper “Shanghai rising: health improvements as measured by avoidable mortalit...
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| description | Health reforms that emphasize public health and improvements in primary care can be cost-effective measures to achieve health improvements, especially in developing countries that face severe resource constraints. In their paper “Shanghai rising: health improvements as measured by avoidable mortality since 2000,” Gusmano et al suggest that Shanghai’s health policy-makers have been successful in reducing avoidable mortality among Shanghai’s 14.9 million (2010) registered residents through these policy measures. It is a plausible hypothesis, but the data the authors cite also would be compatible with alternative hypotheses, as the comparison they make with trends in amenable mortality-rate (AM) in large cities in other parts of the world suggests. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-aa7cac96c7ce4e4a8c9ca04f6b1e625d2022-12-22T02:45:08ZengKerman University of Medical SciencesInternational Journal of Health Policy and Management2322-59392322-59392015-09-014963163210.15171/ijhpm.2015.117Shanghai’s Track Record in Population Health Status: What Can Explain It?; Comment on “Shanghai Rising: Health Improvements as Measured by Avoidable Mortality Since 2000”Tsung-Mei Cheng0Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USAHealth reforms that emphasize public health and improvements in primary care can be cost-effective measures to achieve health improvements, especially in developing countries that face severe resource constraints. In their paper “Shanghai rising: health improvements as measured by avoidable mortality since 2000,” Gusmano et al suggest that Shanghai’s health policy-makers have been successful in reducing avoidable mortality among Shanghai’s 14.9 million (2010) registered residents through these policy measures. It is a plausible hypothesis, but the data the authors cite also would be compatible with alternative hypotheses, as the comparison they make with trends in amenable mortality-rate (AM) in large cities in other parts of the world suggests.http://www.ijhpm.com/pdf_3045_5450af37bad98d35f60d40efdb2d1384.htmlPopulation HealthPrimary CarePublic Health in ChinaUniversal Health CoverageLeadershipChinese Health Reform |
| spellingShingle | Tsung-Mei Cheng Shanghai’s Track Record in Population Health Status: What Can Explain It?; Comment on “Shanghai Rising: Health Improvements as Measured by Avoidable Mortality Since 2000” International Journal of Health Policy and Management Population Health Primary Care Public Health in China Universal Health Coverage Leadership Chinese Health Reform |
| title | Shanghai’s Track Record in Population Health Status: What Can Explain It?; Comment on “Shanghai Rising: Health Improvements as Measured by Avoidable Mortality Since 2000” |
| title_full | Shanghai’s Track Record in Population Health Status: What Can Explain It?; Comment on “Shanghai Rising: Health Improvements as Measured by Avoidable Mortality Since 2000” |
| title_fullStr | Shanghai’s Track Record in Population Health Status: What Can Explain It?; Comment on “Shanghai Rising: Health Improvements as Measured by Avoidable Mortality Since 2000” |
| title_full_unstemmed | Shanghai’s Track Record in Population Health Status: What Can Explain It?; Comment on “Shanghai Rising: Health Improvements as Measured by Avoidable Mortality Since 2000” |
| title_short | Shanghai’s Track Record in Population Health Status: What Can Explain It?; Comment on “Shanghai Rising: Health Improvements as Measured by Avoidable Mortality Since 2000” |
| title_sort | shanghai s track record in population health status what can explain it comment on shanghai rising health improvements as measured by avoidable mortality since 2000 |
| topic | Population Health Primary Care Public Health in China Universal Health Coverage Leadership Chinese Health Reform |
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