Abstract
The health care system in China is facing a multitude of challenges owing to the
changing demographics of the country, the evolving economics of health care, and
the emerging epidemiology of health as well as diseases. China’s many
national health care policies are documented in Chinese text documents. It is
necessary to map the policies synoptically, systemically, and systematically to
discover their emphases and biases, assess them, and modify them in the future.
Using a logically constructed ontology of health care policies based on the
common bodies of knowledge as a lens, we map the current policies to reveal
their ‘bright’, ‘light’, and
‘blind/blank’ spots. The ontological map will help (a) develop a
roadmap for future health care policies in China, and (b) compare and contrast
China’s health care policies with other countries’.