The Healthcare Industry in the Chinese Economy: Insights from Input–Output Analysis

摘要

In the context of urbanization and rapidly aging population, China facesudthe need to improve and modernize its domestic healthcare system. TheudChinese government has identified the improvement of quality of healthcareudservices and the adoption of new technologies as key priorities in theudfuture to overcome service disparities.1 Government reforms affect pharmaceutical,udmedical equipment, and diagnostics industries in theudcountry.udIn this chapter of the book, after a brief description of market trends and generaludcharacteristics of trade flows between Europe and China, we implementuda dispersion effects analysis using an Input–Output model in order touddetermine whether healthcare industry is a “key” sector in the Chineseudeconomy compared to the upstream and downstream connections with alludthe other sectors