Comparative Analysis of Health Management and Related Industry Development between China and the US - Taking Cancer Disease as an Example

Abstract

Under the background of population aging and a rise of chronic diseases, this paper is based on the different development trends of cancer incidence, mortality, and five-year survival rate in China and the US to compare and analyze the health input, medical infrastructure, medical insurance coverage rate, average household income, and proportion of medical expenditure in the health systems of China and the United States. It was found that the high medical cost in China could not be met by medical insurance alone nowadays. The need for commercial health insurance is growing rapidly. To explore the differences in disease management between the medical and health systems of China and the United States in regard to the system characteristics, industrial development environment, and service mode of the health management service industry in China as well as the US. Additionally, to sort out the development direction of the health management industry in China in line with national conditions.