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Eric T.C. Lai

Eric T.C. Lai

Eric T.C. Lai is the Research Assistant Professor at the Institute of Health Equity at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Eric T.C. Lai is the Research Assistant Professor at the Institute of Health Equity at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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English

Opinion | Hong Kong healthcare reforms must go to the heart of systemic failures

Cutting healthcare subsidies without a big expansion of primary care investment risks deepening disparities.

The latest heathcare reforms reflect an ageing policy still too narrowly focused on disease prevention rather than ageing successfully.

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Marked health inequalities exist in wealthy Hong Kong, and government intervention alone is not enough to address them. Civil society and businesses play a major role in the improvement of living and working conditions, thereby minimising illness and injury.

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