the chinese healthcare sector contents 1 introduction 3 preface 2 objective 5 disposition 6 executive summary 7 health status and challenges 9 population demographics 10 11 4 expenditure consumption funding 13 increasing yet modest private 14 market for western products services insurance 16 basic medical system 17 new to benefit rural people 18 pricing reimbursement 19 facilities institutions 21 hospitals 22 care buying processes 23 foreign investment in 24 traditional medicine administration regulation 26 agencies product approval 27 patent protection 28 medico pharmaceutical industry 29 devices pharmaceuticals 8 distribution marketing 32 channels