China Case Study

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The People’s Republic of China, or China for short is a country located in the continent of Asia. It is bordered by North Korea and Vietnam. It is rich with a history of colonization from early settlers, industrialization, which made this nation what it is today, and of course political strife. China has grown into the country with the world’s largest population. “Currently China is home to 1,367,485,388 individuals (World Fact book, 2015).” Among this growing number of Chinese citizens, ranges a very diverse group of people in terms of the religions they practice (Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, etc), the languages that they speak (Mandarin and various other native tongues), and their ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. Among the billion …show more content…

The goal is to provide universal health care by the year 2020. With increased public spending totaling 127 billion over the 3-year period of 2009 to 2011 on insurance premium subsidies and health care infrastructures at the community levels, China managed to provide about 95 percent of its people some kind of basic insurance coverage (Lui, 2011).” Things may not be perfect right now, but the reform is in place, and China does want to help its people. Tremendous things are happening and will continue to talk place. The health reform of 2009 is making marvelous advances to continue to ensure their people, and continue to get costs …show more content…

The actions of the citizens themselves bring on problems for the strained healthcare system as well. China has struggled for many years to set regulations on public smoking but has been unsuccessful. With 300 million people smoking up to 22 cigarettes a day the risk for preventable health issues rises greatly (BBC News October, 2015). It doesn’t help that China is also the largest producer of tobacco leading to an array of brands for any budget. Smoking has also been deeply ingrained in the culture of China. Within a family a son whose father and grandfather both smoked, he, himself, will most likely smoke. Smoking is not only affects the smoker but anyone else around them, including family members, friends and even those who are in the smokers nearest proximity for any amount of time. The length of time exposed increases the risk of conditions like heart disease, diabetes, many different cancers and even death. Many of these diseases require long term care and often with moderate to high expenditure cost (CDC, 2012). And with only about 10 percent of smokers quit by choice and the other 90 percent are forced to quit due to their declining

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