China Country Profile


COUNTRY: China
Population: 1.34 B (2010 Est)
GDP (PPP): $4.909 Trillion (2009 Est)
GDP/capita (PPP):  $3,677

Health Information:
%GDP Spend on Health: 4.5% (2006, note this is increasing dramatically)
Physicians / 10k people:  14

Diabetes Prevalence: 43,157,200 (4.5%, 2010)
Diabetes Diagnosis: ~50% are aware they have diabetes
Diabetes Cost of Treatment:
Insulin: US$8.50-14 ($590 for insulin pump)
Glucose meter: US$73.50
50 Glucose Strips: US$38

Obesity Prevalence: 9.8% urban, 6% rural (overweight is 28.1% urban and 20.6% rural)
Hypertension Prevalence: 23% adults (15% total, low estimate growing at 31%)
COPD Prevalence: 8% (over 40 yrs old)
CVD Prevalence: 18.8% (over 18 yrs old)
Stroke: N/A
CAD: N/A

Interview List:

Lily Hsu and Pan Chengrui Notes
Program Director and Program Manager, Project HOPE Shanghai

Project HOPE Shanghai Staff Notes
Team Meeting (All)

Pan Chengrui Notes
Program Manager, Chronic Disease

Community Center Tour CDC Notes
General Practice Physician

Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, Nutrition Tour Notes
Nutritionist, Project HOPE

SCMC Tour w/ Deloitte Notes
Lily Hsu, Project HOPE

Jia Yun Notes
Diabetes Educator/Nurse, Shanghai Ton University

Rural Health Fellows Notes
Visiting Pediatricians, SCMC

China CDC and Rehabilitation Professor Notes
Head Shanghai CDC, Professor Stroke Rehabilitation

Ji-Guang Wang Notes
Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Professor

Lily Hsu & Pan Chengrui Notes
Project HOPE Shanghai Program Director and Program Manager

Tom Feng Notes
Program Director, Project HOPE Beijing

Susan Xiao and Cindy Wang Notes
Project HOPE Program Manager Diabetes

Peking University Hospital Notes
Rehab Department

Lianbo Lei Notes
Director of Medical Informatics, PUMCH

Dr. Jing Xu Notes
Project HOPE, HIV/AiDS Programs

Qian Geng Notes
Project HOPE Regional Director for China

Project HOPE China Diabetes TOT Training Notes
Hangzhou Center

Sources:
World Health Organization
IDF Diabetes Atlas
World Diabetes Foundation
Cost of treatment from interviews