"Hong Kong has a health system that in many ways is unique. However, as this excellent book shows, it is also one from which the rest of the world can learn. The book draws together evidence and analysis in a way that anyone with an interest in health sys

"Proper health care is a service that no society can do without. Embarking on health reform to achieve the ideal is the prerogative of most governments. Driven by data and supported by sound evidence, this book offers a tailor made vision for health refor

"This book succeeds in providing a careful analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of Hong Kong's present healthcare system and compares it with the systems in other countries with similar socio-economic circumstances. I hope that it will lead to an open

Gabriel M. Leung was appointed Director of the Chief Executive's Office in 2011, prior to which he had been Under Secretary for Food and Health since 2008. Before joining the Hong Kong government, he was Professor in Translational Public Health at the University of Hong Kong from 1999. He was Vice President and Censor in Public Health Medicine of the Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, and has served as consultant to various national and international agencies including the World Health Organisation and World Bank. He is inaugural Chair of the multilateral Asia Pacific Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. John Bacon-Shone has been Director of the Social Sciences Research Centre at the University of Hong Kong since 1990. He spent three years on secondment to the Central Policy Unit of the Hong Kong government from 1998 to 2001. He has wide interests in applied statistics and policy research, including medical, environmental and privacy policy.