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. 2021 May 13;18(10):5193.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph18105193.

Performance Evaluation of the Chinese Healthcare System

Muhammad Umar  1 , Mário Nuno Mata  2 , Adnan Abbas  3 , José Moleiro Martins  2   4 , Rui Miguel Dantas  2 , Pedro Neves Mata  5
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Performance Evaluation of the Chinese Healthcare System

Muhammad Umar et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

This study aims to evaluate the performance of the Chinese healthcare system. It uses sustainable development goal (SDG) 3, set by the United Nations to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages as a benchmark. It uses data of 17 variables ranging from the year 2000 to 2017 and uses a multistage methodology to evaluate the performance. In the first stage, it uses difference in mean test to know whether or not the indicators show an improvement in the second decade of the 21st century compared to the first decade. In the second phase, simple linear regression has been used to know the rate of change of performance of every indicator over the sample period. The third step compares the performance of the healthcare sector with the sustainable goals set by the UN and the fourth phase attempts to forecast performance for the next five years i.e., 2018 to 2022. As per the results, the Chinese healthcare sector has performed very well on many fronts except alcohol consumption in males, road accidents and the incidence of non-communicable diseases. Alcohol consumption by males is touching dangerous levels. Therefore, the policies should focus on educating males to lower their alcohol consumption to stay fit and healthy.

Keywords: Chinese healthcare system; evaluation; performance; sustainable development goals (SDGs).

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Sustainable development goal 3, target 3.1 (maternal mortality) ex-post and ex-ante.
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Sustainable development goal 3, target 3.2 (neonatal mortality) ex-post and ex-ante.
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Sustainable development goal 3, target 3.3 (end of tuberculosis, malaria, etc.) ex-post and ex-ante.
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Strategic development goal 3, target 3.4 (mortality from non-communicable diseases) ex-post and ex-ante.
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Sustainable development goal 3, target 3.5 (prevention of drugs and alcohol abuse) ex-post and ex-ante.
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Sustainable development goal 3, target 3.6 (deaths by road accidents) ex-post and ex-ante.
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Sustainable development goal 3, target 3.8 (universal health coverage), ex-post and ex-ante.
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