
%0 Journal Article
%A Yaping, Dong 
%T Community Health Services in China: the experience of Tianjin City
%J Australian Health Review
%D 2001/03/01
%V 24
%N 1
%P 176-182
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/AH010176
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/AH010176 
%X China's excellent community health system was seriously damaged during the early years of economic reform after1982, and its reconstitution has become a major policy goal of the government since 1996. This article provides abrief overview of experiences in implementing the policy of community health care in a large Chinese city, Tianjin. Ioutline the policy setting and describe Tianjin's experiences. Some initial benefits of the new system are summarisedand the difficulties and barriers are noted. I conclude with some suggestions for further improvement. 
