Lin Jian: According to the statistics released by the National Bureau of Statistics, China’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 5.3 percent year on year in the first quarter. Four key macroeconomic indicators remained generally stable, namely GDP, unemployment rate, inflation rate and balance...
The average medical expenses per inpatient admission were much lower for the poor than for the non-poor. Out-of-pocket (OOP) payment share decreased from 41.9% to 2013 to 31.9% in 2018 for the poor, while for the non-poor, the OOP rate was much higher (45.4%) and had no significant...