pharmaceutical trade data from 1996 to 2005, we examine the role of China and India as suppliers of medicines to other middle- and … medicines from high- income countries. We find that imports of antibiotics and unspecified medicaments from India and China … China are not only important sources of inexpensive medicines but also have an indirect effect by lowering prices through …

China, Japan, and South Korea, and estimate the economic burden of chronic conditions in five domains (cardiovascular … non-communicable diseases over the period 2010-2030 are $16 trillion for China (measured in real USD with the base year …-effectiveness analysis by identifying some intervention strategies to reduce disease prevalence in China that are cost beneficial and …

credit and debit card transactions in China from 2013 to 2015, this paper provides to our knowledge the first analysis of the … Health Organization's annual standard of 10 mg/m3 would amount to $42 billion, or nearly 7% of China's total healthcare …

on physical health, while the effect on mental health is limited. Using the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) covering 12 …

This paper provides estimates of the economic impact of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in China and India for the … five main NCDs will total USD 27.8 trillion for China and USD 6.2 trillion for India (in 2010 USD). For both countries, the … that the costs are much larger in China than in India mainly because of China's higher income and older population. Rough …

At the end of 1998, China launched a government-run mandatory insurance program, the Urban Employee Basic Medical … Insurance (UEBMI), to replace the previous medical insurance system. Using the UEBMI reform in China as a natural experiment … the demand for health-care services. Using data from the 1991-2006 waves of the China Health and Nutrition Survey, we find …