Foreword William C. Hsiao; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I. Introduction: Analytic Framework, History, and Public Health: 1. China's healthcare industry: a system perspective Lawton Robert Burns and Gordon Liu; 2. History of China's healthcare system Lawton Robert Burns and Yanzhong Huang; 3. China's public health system and infrastructure Xiaofeng Liang and Lawton Robert Burns; Part II. Healthcare Reform: 4. Epidemiological transition and health system reforms in China Gordon Liu and Sam Krumholz; 5. China's healthcare reform: status and outlook Claudia Suessmuth-Dyckerhoff and Florian Then; 6. The challenge of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in China: government responses and opportunities for reform Tsung-Mei Cheng; Part III. Healthcare Providers: 7. China's physician and nurse workforce Lawton Robert Burns; 8. China's hospital sector Jerry LaForgia and Winnie Yip; 9. United family healthcare (Chindex International): a case study Vanessa Folkerts and Roberta Lipson; 10. Providing and financing elder care in China John Whitman and Lawton Robert Burns; Part IV. Insurers and Reimbursement: 11. Health insurance in China Ambar LaForgia and Lawton Robert Burns; 12. Health insurance and chronic disease control: quasi-experimental evidence from hypertension in rural China Karen Eggleston, Kate Bundorf, Margaret Triyana, Yan Wang and Sen Zhou; 13. Drug pricing and health technology assessment in China and other Asian markets Gordon Liu, Nan Luo and Zhongyun Zhao; Part V. Product Manufacturers: 14. China's pharmaceutical sector Rachel Lee and Lawton Robert Burns; 15. China's medical technology sector James Deng and Lawton Robert Burns; 16. Life sciences investment and biotechnology in China Stephen Sammut and Lawton Robert Burns; Index.