China's barefoot doctor: past, present, and future

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dc.contributor.authorZhang, Daqing
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-15T19:12:55Z
dc.date.available2021-02-15T19:12:55Z
dc.date.issued2008-10-20
dc.description.abstractChina's long struggle with rural coverage for health care goes back to the early part of the 20th century. However, these early efforts were seen at that time as unsuccessful. 1 Although the Government tried to draft private practitioners into the rural medical service corps, 2 delivery of health care was still scarce after 1949. Health-care expenditure for 8·3 million urban citizens covered by the state was more than that for 500 million peasants in 1964. 3 After Mao Zedong criticised the urban bias of medical services and pointed out the stress placed on rural areas in 1965, 4 mobile teams of doctors from urban hospitals were sent to deliver health care and train indigenous paramedics.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61355-0en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/ly4n-rbt0
dc.identifier.citationZhang, D., & Unschuld , P. U. (2008, November 29). China’s barefoot doctor: past, present, and future. Retrieved June 15, 2020, from https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61355-0en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/26882
dc.publisherThe Lanceten_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtMaryland Center for Health Equity
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Maryland
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md)
dc.subjecthealth care services deliveryen_US
dc.subjectChinaen_US
dc.titleChina's barefoot doctor: past, present, and futureen_US
dc.typeOtheren_US

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