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. 2019 Feb 28:364:l879.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.l879.

China's response to the rising stroke burden

Zixiao Li  1   2   3   4   5 , Yong Jiang  1   2   3   4   5 , Hao Li  1   2   3   4 , Ying Xian  6 , Yongjun Wang  7   2   3   4
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China's response to the rising stroke burden

Zixiao Li et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Zixiao Li and colleagues discuss why the number of strokes is growing in China and how the country is taking steps to reduce the rate and improve care

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and declare that the article was funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China (National Key R&D Programme of China, 2017YFC1310901, 2016YFC0901002, 2017YFC1307905, 2006BA101A11) and The Beijing 100-1000-10000 Talent Programme (2018A13).

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Trends in mortality, prevalence, and incidence and age standardised mortality, prevalence, and incidence of stroke around the world
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Health expenditure in China. National health expenditure as a percentage of gross domestic product and government, social, and personal health expenditure as a percentage of total health expenditure
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Prevalence of stroke risk factors among Chinese adults in 2002 and 2012
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