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KMID : 0895320220310030233
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Korean Journal of Research in Gerontology
2022 Volume.31 No. 3 p.233 ~ p.250
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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Health Services for Older Adults in China
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Chen Bin
Kim Byung-Cheol
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Abstract
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China’s economic slowdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic has greatly influenced not only GDP, but the livelihoods for citizens, particularly health status of older adults. As part of China’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, this paper explored how China’s social policy has responded to the Covid-19 crisis, focusing on health services for older adults in China. The paper examined, first of all, China’s social security system and its overall performance in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Secondly, it explored the COVID-19’s impact on health services for older adults and their corresponding coping measures. Finally, the paper made an attempt to provide a summary statement for the enlightenment of the COVID-19 prevention and control experience on the services. Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic has had negative impacts on the services for older adults in China. Five policy implications are recommended to China’s health services to mitigate the damages caused by the COVID-19 pandemic to older adults.
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KEYWORD
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Social policy response, COVID-19 pandemic, Health services for older adults, China
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