title: Viewpoint: Prevention is missing: is China's health reform reform for health?
abstract: Ancient China emphasized disease prevention. As a Chinese saying goes, 'it is more important to prevent the disease than to cure it'. Traditional Chinese medicine posits that diseases can be understood, thus, prevented. In today's China, the state of people's health seems worse than in the past. Thus the Chinese government undertook the creation of a new health system. Alas, we believe the results are not very satisfactory. The government seems to have overlooked rational allocation between resources for treatment and prevention. Public investment has been gradually limited to the domain of treatment. We respond to this trend, highlighting the importance of prevention and call for government and policymakers to adjust health policy and work out a solution suitable for improving the health of China's people.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, 56 Xinjian South Road, Yingze District, Taiyuan, Shanxi, 030001, China.
authors.forename: Le
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, 56 Xinjian South Road, Yingze District, Taiyuan, Shanxi, 030001, China.
authors.forename: Xiaoli
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, 56 Xinjian South Road, Yingze District, Taiyuan, Shanxi, 030001, China.
authors.forename: Tengfei
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, 56 Xinjian South Road, Yingze District, Taiyuan, Shanxi, 030001, China.
authors.forename: Jingmin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015276:Health Care Rationing; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*