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Health Improvement under Mao and Its Implications for Contemporary Aging in China
CHP/PCOR ProjectOngoing
Researchers
Alan M. Garber (Principal Mentor) - Stanford University
Karen Eggleston - Investigator
Grant Miller - Investigator
Official growth in Chinese life expectancy between 1950 and 1980 ranks among the most rapid in documented global history. This project aims to document and better understand the dramatic health improvements in Maoist China and the age-related health disparities that they may have generated. The researchers will validate official Chinese health statistics to establish the magnitude of China's mortality decline between 1950 and 1980, identify the proximate determinates correlated with China's mortality decline, and assess how the forces related to life expectancy gains may have produced age disparities in the health of the Chinese population. The project will identify those features of healthcare systems in the Asia-Pacific region that are most effective in raising longevity in current low income countries and in decreasing health disparities.
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