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Performance Evaluation of the Chinese Healthcare System

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  • Muhammad Umar

    (School of Economics and Management, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang 330013, China)

  • Mário Nuno Mata

    (ISCAL-Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração de Lisboa, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Avenida Miguel Bombarda 20, 1069-035 Lisboa, Portugal)

  • Adnan Abbas

    (School of Economics and Management, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin 150080, China)

  • José Moleiro Martins

    (ISCAL-Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração de Lisboa, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Avenida Miguel Bombarda 20, 1069-035 Lisboa, Portugal
    Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTEIUL), Business Research Unit (BRU-IUL), 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal)

  • Rui Miguel Dantas

    (ISCAL-Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração de Lisboa, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Avenida Miguel Bombarda 20, 1069-035 Lisboa, Portugal)

  • Pedro Neves Mata

    (ISTA-School of Technologies and Architecture, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Avenida das Forças Armadas, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal)

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.

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  • Muhammad Umar & Mário Nuno Mata & Adnan Abbas & José Moleiro Martins & Rui Miguel Dantas & Pedro Neves Mata, 2021. "Performance Evaluation of the Chinese Healthcare System," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(10), pages 1-16, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:10:p:5193-:d:554122
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