Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., University of Sussex (UK) 1999
  • M.D., Fudan University (China) 1985
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Professor of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2012 - 2017
  • Research Professor of Global Health, Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers 2012 - 2017
  • Associate Director of DKU and China Initiatives, Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers 2012 - 2016
  • Instructor Temporary in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2012
• Recognition
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  In the News

  • NOV 8, 2018

    Duke Global Health Institute

    Nine Duke Kunshan Global Health Master’s Students Arrive at Duke

  • APR 28, 2016

    Duke Kunshan University Partnering Across Sectors to Improve TB Care in China

  • APR 20, 2016

    Technology Enables DGHI Professors To Teach Across the World

  • FEB 5, 2015

    Bullock to Retire from Duke Kunshan University

  • DEC 24, 2014

    WHO Selects Duke Kunshan University as Health Policy and System Research Hub

  • SEP 3, 2014

    How China Is Helping to Reshape the Global Health Landscape

  • JUL 11, 2014

    DKU Researcher Launches a Call for Greater Action Against Tuberculosis

  • MAR 18, 2014

    CCTV America

    Dr. Shenglan Tan: Medical reform continues in China

  • NOV 26, 2013

    Duke Global Health Research Hub Gets Energized in China

  • JUL 11, 2013

    DGHI Research on Why People With TB in China Often Delay Treatment
• Expertise
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  Global Scholarship

  • Research

    • China (Country) 

  • Teaching

    • China (Country) 
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Supporting the Government of China to Implement Health Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) awarded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 2016 - 2018
  • Developing and Evaluating Financial Models for TB/MDRTB Care in China awarded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 2014 - 2016
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Jiang, W-X, Long, Q, Lucas, H, Dong, D, Chen, J-Y, Xiang, L, Li, Q, Huang, F, Wang, H, Elbers, C, Cobelens, F, and Tang, S-L. "Impact of an innovative financing and payment model on tuberculosis patients' financial burden: is tuberculosis care more affordable for the poor?." Infectious Diseases of Poverty 8, no. 1 (March 24, 2019): 21-null.  Full Text
    • Zhu, A, Tang, S, Thu, NTH, Supheap, L, and Liu, X. "Analysis of strategies to attract and retain rural health workers in Cambodia, China, and Vietnam and context influencing their outcomes." Human Resources for Health 17, no. 1 (January 7, 2019): 2-null.  Full Text
    • Ji, JS, Zhu, A, Bai, C, Wu, C-D, Yan, L, Tang, S, Zeng, Y, and James, P. "Residential greenness and mortality in oldest-old women and men in China: a longitudinal cohort study." The Lancet. Planetary Health 3, no. 1 (January 2019): e17-e25.  Full Text
    • Yu, W, Jiang, J, Xie, L, Li, B, Luo, H, Fu, Y, Chen, S, Wu, C, Xiang, H, and Tang, S. "Mortality Trends in Colorectal Cancer in China During 2000-2015: A Joinpoint Regression and Age-Period-Cohort Analysis." Preventing Chronic Disease 15 (December 13, 2018): E156-null.  Full Text
    • Long, H, Huang, W, Zheng, P, Li, J, Tao, S, Tang, S, and Abdullah, AS. "Barriers and Facilitators of Engaging Community Health Workers in Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Prevention and Control in China: A Systematic Review (2006⁻2016)." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15, no. 11 (October 26, 2018).  Full Text
    • Gao, P, Xiang, H, Liu, S, Liu, Y, Dong, S, Liu, F, Yu, W, Li, X, Guan, L, Chu, Y, Mao, Z, Chen, S, and Tang, S. "Evaluation of a consulting training course for international development assistance for health." Bmc Medical Education 18, no. 1 (October 11, 2018): 234-null.  Full Text
    • Li, Y, Wang, H, Jin, X-R, Li, X, Pender, M, Song, C-P, Tang, S-L, Cao, J, Wu, H, and Wang, Y-G. "Experiences and challenges in the health protection of medical teams in the Chinese Ebola treatment center, Liberia: a qualitative study." Infectious Diseases of Poverty 7, no. 1 (August 16, 2018): 92-null.  Full Text
    • Yang, X, Tang, S, Yamey, G, and Qian, X. "Strengthening maternal and child health in China: Lessons from transforming policy proposals into action." Bioscience Trends 12, no. 2 (May 2018): 211-214.  Full Text
    • Mao, W, Tang, S, Zhu, Y, Xie, Z, and Chen, W. "Financial burden of healthcare for cancer patients with social medical insurance: a multi-centered study in urban China." International journal for equity in health 16, no. 1 (October 10, 2017): 180-.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Jiang, H, Qian, X, and Tang, S. "Achieving equity in maternal health in China: more to be done." The Lancet. Global health 5, no. 5 (May 2017): e474-e475.  Full Text
    • He, M, Zhang, CH, Tang, XJ, Wei, J, Sun, ZX, Long, Q, and Tang, SL. "Influencing factors of health seeking intention among patients with type 2 diabetes in Chongqing Chronic Disease Management System." Fudan University Journal of Medical Sciences 44, no. 2 (March 25, 2017): 162-167.  Full Text
    • Zhang, X, Tang, W, Li, Y, Mahapatra, T, Feng, Y, Li, M, Chen, F, Li, P, Xing, J, Qian, S, Ge, L, Bu, K, Mahapatra, S, Tang, S, Wang, L, and Wang, N. "The HIV/AIDS epidemic among young people in China between 2005 and 2012: results of a spatial temporal analysis." Hiv Medicine 18, no. 3 (March 2017): 141-150.  Full Text
    • He, M, Gao, J, Liu, W, Tang, X, Tang, S, and Long, Q. "Case management of patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional survey in Chongqing, China." Bmc Health Services Research 17, no. 1 (February 11, 2017): 129-null.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Zhou, C, Long, Q, Chen, J, Xiang, L, Li, Q, Tang, S, Huang, F, Sun, Q, Lucas, H, and Huan, S. "The effect of NCMS on catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment from tuberculosis care in China." International Journal for Equity in Health 15, no. 1 (October 18, 2016): 172-null.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Sun, ZX, Tang, XJ, Jin, YN, He, M, Long, Q, and Tang, SL. "Analysis of the quality of life and its influencing factors for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in urban and rural areas in Chongqing." Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University (Medical Science) 36, no. 6 (June 28, 2016): 906-911.  Full Text
    • Lei, X, Huang, K, Liu, Q, Jie, Y-F, and Tang, S-L. "Are tuberculosis patients adherent to prescribed treatments in China? Results of a prospective cohort study." Infectious Diseases of Poverty 5 (May 5, 2016): 38-null.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Jiang, H, Qian, X, Chen, L, Li, J, Escobar, E, Story, M, and Tang, S. "Towards universal access to skilled birth attendance: the process of transforming the role of traditional birth attendants in Rural China." Bmc Pregnancy and Childbirth 16 (March 21, 2016): 58-null.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Tang, S, Wang, L, Wang, H, and Chin, DP. "Access to and affordability of healthcare for TB patients in China: issues and challenges." Infectious Diseases of Poverty 5 (January 29, 2016): 10-null.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Xiang, L, Pan, Y, Hou, S, Zhang, H, Sato, KD, Li, Q, Wang, J, and Tang, S. "The impact of the new cooperative medical scheme on financial burden of tuberculosis patients: evidence from six counties in China." Infectious Diseases of Poverty 5 (January 28, 2016): 8-null.  Full Text
    • Zhou, C, Long, Q, Chen, J, Xiang, L, Li, Q, Tang, S, Huang, F, Sun, Q, and Lucas, H. "Factors that determine catastrophic expenditure for tuberculosis care: a patient survey in China." Infectious Diseases of Poverty 5 (January 25, 2016): 6-null.  Full Text
    • Jia, X, Chen, J, Zhang, S, Dai, B, Long, Q, and Tang, S. "Implementing a "free" tuberculosis (TB) care policy under the integrated model in Jiangsu, China: practices and costs in the real world." Infectious Diseases of Poverty 5 (January 22, 2016): 1-null.  Full Text
    • Yan, F, Tang, S, and Zhang, J. "Global implications of China's healthcare reform." The International journal of health planning and management 31, no. 1 (January 2016): 25-35. (Review)  Full Text
    • Zhang, H, Ehiri, J, Yang, H, Tang, S, and Li, Y. "Impact of Community-Based DOT on Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis." Plos One 11, no. 2 (January 2016): e0147744-null. (Review)  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Ji, H, Jiang, H, Yang, L, Qian, X, and Tang, S. "Factors contributing to the rapid rise of caesarean section: a prospective study of primiparous Chinese women in Shanghai." Bmj Open 5, no. 11 (November 13, 2015): e008994-null.  Full Text
    • Yang, XW, Xiao, NZ, Jin, YN, He, M, Tang, XJ, Long, Q, and Tang, SL. "A survey on quality of life in patients with primary hypertension in Chongqing and its influential factors." Fudan University Journal of Medical Sciences 42, no. 6 (November 1, 2015): 758-763.  Full Text
    • Lei, X, Liu, Q, Escobar, E, Philogene, J, Zhu, H, Wang, Y, and Tang, S. "Public-private mix for tuberculosis care and control: a systematic review." International Journal of Infectious Diseases : Ijid : Official Publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases 34 (May 2015): 20-32. (Review)  Full Text
    • Li, Y, Tang, S-L, Sato, K, and Cao, J. "Chinese People's Liberation Army on Action of Fighting against Ebola in Africa: Implications and Challenges." Chinese Medical Journal 128, no. 10 (May 2015): 1420-null. (Letter)  Full Text
    • Liu, Q, Liu, L, Vu, H, Liu, X, Tang, S, and Wang, H. "Comparison between peer-led and teacher-led education in tuberculosis prevention in rural middle schools in Chongqing, China." Asia-Pacific journal of public health 27, no. 2 (March 2015): NP2101-NP2111.  Full Text
    • Liu, Y, Jiang, Y, Tang, S, Qiu, J, Zhong, X, and Wang, Y. "Analysis of the equity of emergency medical services: a cross-sectional survey in Chongqing city." International journal for equity in health 14 (January 2015): 150-.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Mao, W, Vu, H, Xie, Z, Chen, W, and Tang, S. "Systematic review on irrational use of medicines in China and Vietnam." Plos One 10, no. 3 (January 2015): e0117710-null. (Review)  Full Text
    • Tang, S. "Tackling challenges of TB/MDRTB in China: concerted actions are imperative." Infectious Diseases of Poverty 4 (January 2015): 19-null.  Full Text
    • Liu, P, Guo, Y, Qian, X, Tang, S, Li, Z, and Chen, L. "China's distinctive engagement in global health." Lancet (London, England) 384, no. 9945 (August 2014): 793-804. (Review)  Full Text
    • Tang, S, Brixi, H, and Bekedam, H. "Advancing universal coverage of healthcare in China: translating political will into policy and practice." The International Journal of Health Planning and Management 29, no. 2 (April 2014): 160-174.  Full Text
    • Sun, J, Deng, S, Xiong, X, and Tang, S. "Equity in access to healthcare among the urban elderly in China: Does health insurance matter?." International Journal of Health Planning and Management 29, no. 2 (January 1, 2014).  Full Text
    • Tang, S, Brixi, H, and Bekedam, H. "Advancing universal coverage of healthcare in China: Translating political will into policy and practice." International Journal of Health Planning and Management 29, no. 2 (January 1, 2014): 160-174.  Full Text
    • Xiao, N, Long, Q, Tang, X, and Tang, S. "A community-based approach to non-communicable chronic disease management within a context of advancing universal health coverage in China: progress and challenges." Bmc Public Health 14 Suppl 2 (January 2014): S2-null.  Full Text
    • Mao, W, Tang, S, and Chen, W. "Does perverse economic incentive lead to the irrational uses of medicines." Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research 13, no. 6 (November 25, 2013): 693-696. (Review)  Full Text
    • Hemminki, E, Long, Q, Zhang, W-H, Wu, Z, Raven, J, Tao, F, Yan, H, Wang, Y, Klemetti, R, Zhang, T, Regushevskaya, E, and Tang, S. "Impact of financial and educational interventions on maternity care: results of cluster randomized trials in rural China, CHIMACA." Maternal and Child Health Journal 17, no. 2 (February 2013): 208-221.  Full Text
    • Hemminki, E, Long, Q, Zhang, W-H, Wu, Z, Raven, J, Tao, F, Yan, H, Wang, Y, Klemetti, R, Zhang, T, Regushevskaya, E, and Tang, S. "Impact of financial and educational interventions on maternity care: Results of cluster randomized trials in rural China, CHIMACA." Maternal and Child Health Journal 17, no. 2 (2013): 208-221.  Full Text
    • Huang, K, Tao, F, Faragher, B, Raven, J, Tolhurst, R, Tang, S, and Broek, NVD. "A mixed-method study of factors associated with differences in caesarean section rates at community level: The case of rural China." Midwifery (2013).  Full Text
    • Huang, K, Tao, F, Faragher, B, Raven, J, Tolhurst, R, Tang, S, and Broek, NVD. "A mixed-method study of factors associated with differences in caesarean section rates at community level: The case of rural China." Midwifery 29, no. 8 (2013): 911-920.  Full Text
    • Li, Y, Ehiri, J, Tang, S, Li, D, Bian, Y, Lin, H, Marshall, C, and Cao, J. "Factors associated with patient, and diagnostic delays in Chinese TB patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis." Bmc Medicine 11 (January 2013): 156-null. (Review)  Full Text
    • Long, Q, Xu, L, Bekedam, H, and Tang, S. "Changes in health expenditures in China in 2000s: has the health system reform improved affordability." International Journal for Equity in Health 12 (January 2013): 40-null.  Full Text
    • Sun, J, Deng, S, Xiong, X, and Tang, S. "Equity in access to healthcare among the urban elderly in China: Does health insurance matter?." International Journal of Health Planning and Management (2013).
    • Tang, S, Ehiri, J, and Long, Q. "China's biggest, most neglected health challenge: Non-communicable diseases." Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2, no. 1 (January 2013): 7-null.  Full Text
    • Raven, JH, Tolhurst, RJ, Tang, S, and van den Broek, N. "What is quality in maternal and neonatal health care?." Midwifery 28, no. 5 (October 2012): e676-e683. (Review)  Full Text
    • Chow, JC, Tang, S, and Baris, E. "Cough it up." Foreign Affairs 91, no. 2 (March 1, 2012). (Letter)
    • Wu, Z, Lei, P, Hemminki, E, Xu, L, Tang, S, Li, X, Raven, J, Gao, J, and Tolhurst, R. "Changes and equity in use of maternal health care in China: from 1991 to 2003." Maternal and Child Health Journal 16, no. 2 (February 2012): 501-509.  Full Text
    • Allotey, P, Yasin, S, Tang, S, Chong, SL, Cheah, JCH, and Reidpath, DD. "Universal coverage in an era of privatisation: can we guarantee health for all?." Bmc Public Health 12 Suppl 1 (January 2012): S1-null.  Full Text
    • Collins, C, Block, MAG, and Tang, S. "Disease control and health systems in low- and middle-income countries: Enhancing positive interrelation." Tropical Medicine and International Health 17, no. 5 (2012): 646-651.  Full Text
    • Collins, C, Xu, J, and Tang, S. "Schistosomiasis control and the health system in P.R. China." Infectious Diseases of Poverty 1, no. 1 (January 2012): 8-null.  Full Text
    • Huang, K, Tao, F, Bogg, L, and Tang, S. "Impact of alternative reimbursement strategies in the new cooperative medical scheme on caesarean delivery rates: a mixed-method study in rural China." Bmc Health Services Research 12 (January 2012): 217-null.  Full Text
    • Huang, K, Tao, F, Raven, J, Liu, L, Wu, X, and Tang, S. "Utilization of antenatal ultrasound scan and implications for caesarean section: A cross-sectional study in rural Eastern China." BMC Health Services Research 12, no. 1 (2012).  Full Text
    • Li, Z, Hou, J, Lu, L, Tang, S, and Ma, J. "On residents' satisfaction with community health services after health care system reform in Shanghai, China, 2011." Bmc Public Health 12 Suppl 1 (January 2012): S9-null.  Full Text
    • Liu, X, Tang, S, Yu, B, Phuong, NK, Yan, F, Thien, DD, and Tolhurst, R. "Can rural health insurance improve equity in health care utilization? a comparison between China and Vietnam." International Journal for Equity in Health 11, no. 1 (2012).  Full Text
    • Tang, S, Tao, J, and Bekedam, H. "Controlling cost escalation of healthcare: making universal health coverage sustainable in China." Bmc Public Health 12 Suppl 1 (January 2012): S8-null.  Full Text
    • Zhang, J, Yan, F, and Tang, S. "The incoherence of China's national health development strategies." American Journal of Public Health 102, no. 12 (2012): e14-e16.  Full Text
    • Tang, SL, Liu, XY, Dale, H, and Liu, Q. "Is systematic review an effective tool for evidence-based health system research in developing countries?." Chinese Journal of Evidence Based Medicine 11, no. 6 (July 7, 2011).
    • Long, Q, Zhang, Y, Raven, J, Wu, Z, Bogg, L, Tang, S, and Hemminki, E. "Giving birth at a health-care facility in rural China: is it affordable for the poor?." Bulletin of the World Health Organization 89, no. 2 (February 2011): 144-152.  Full Text
    • Long, Q, Smith, H, Zhang, T, Tang, S, and Garner, P. "Patient medical costs for tuberculosis treatment and impact on adherence in China: a systematic review." Bmc Public Health 11 (January 2011): 393-null. (Review)  Full Text
    • Long, Q, Zhang, T, Xu, L, Tang, S, and Hemminki, E. "Utilisation of maternal health care in western rural China under a new rural health insurance system (New Co-operative Medical System)." Tropical Medicine & International Health : Tm & Ih 15, no. 10 (October 2010): 1210-1217.  Full Text
    • Qian, J, Cai, M, Gao, J, Tang, S, Xu, L, and Critchley, JA. "Trends in smoking and quitting in China from 1993 to 2003: National Health Service Survey data." Bulletin of the World Health Organization 88, no. 10 (October 2010): 769-776.  Full Text
    • Chen, W, Tang, S, Sun, J, Ross-Degnan, D, and Wagner, AK. "Availability and use of essential medicines in China: manufacturing, supply, and prescribing in Shandong and Gansu provinces." Bmc Health Services Research 10 (January 2010): 211-null.  Full Text
    • Guo, Y, Shibuya, K, Cheng, G, Rao, K, Lee, L, and Tang, S. "Tracking China's health reform." The Lancet 375, no. 9720 (2010): 1056-1058.  Full Text
    • Klemetti, R, Che, X, Gao, Y, Raven, J, Wu, Z, Tang, S, and Hemminki, E. "Cesarean section delivery among primiparous women in rural China: an emerging epidemic." American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 202, no. 1 (January 2010): 65.e1-65.e6.  Full Text
    • Liu, Q, Smith, H, Wang, Y, Tang, S, Wang, Q, and Garner, P. "Tuberculosis patient expenditure on drugs and tests in subsidised, public services in China: A descriptive study." Tropical Medicine and International Health 15, no. 1 (2010): 26-32.  Full Text
    • Yu, B, Meng, Q, Collins, C, Tolhurst, R, Tang, S, Yan, F, Bogg, L, and Liu, X. "How does the New Cooperative Medical Scheme influence health service utilization? A study in two provinces in rural China." Bmc Health Services Research 10 (January 2010): 116-null.  Full Text
    • Zhang, L, Cheng, X, Liu, X, Zhu, K, Tang, S, Bogg, L, Dobberschuetz, K, and Tolhurst, R. "Balancing the funds in the new cooperative medical scheme in rural China: Determinants and influencing factors in two provinces." International Journal of Health Planning and Management 25, no. 2 (2010): 96-118.  Full Text
    • Zhang, L, Cheng, X, Tolhurst, R, Tang, S, and Liu, X. "How effectively can the New Cooperative Medical Scheme reduce catastrophic health expenditure for the poor and non-poor in rural China?." Tropical Medicine and International Health 15, no. 4 (2010): 468-475.  Full Text
    • Sun, Q, Liu, X, Meng, Q, Tang, S, Yu, B, and Tolhurst, R. "Evaluating the financial protection of patients with chronic disease by health insurance in rural China." International Journal for Equity in Health 8 (December 1, 2009).  Full Text
    • Xin, Y, Qian, J, Xu, L, Tang, S, Gao, J, and Critchley, JA. "The impact of smoking and quitting on household expenditure patterns and medical care costs in China." Tobacco Control 18, no. 2 (April 2009): 150-155.  Full Text
    • Hu, S, Tang, S, Liu, Y, Zhao, Y, Escobar, M-L, and de Ferranti, D. "Reform of how health care is paid for in China: challenges and opportunities." Lancet (London, England) 372, no. 9652 (November 2008): 1846-1853.  Full Text
    • Tang, S, Meng, Q, Chen, L, Bekedam, H, Evans, T, and Whitehead, M. "Tackling the challenges to health equity in China." Lancet (London, England) 372, no. 9648 (October 17, 2008): 1493-1501.  Full Text
    • Wang, Y, Long, Q, Liu, Q, Tolhurst, R, and Tang, S. "Treatment seeking for symptoms suggestive of TB: comparison between migrants and permanent urban residents in Chongqing, China." Tropical Medicine & International Health : Tm & Ih 13, no. 7 (July 2008): 927-933.  Full Text
    • Long, Q, Li, Y, Wang, Y, Yue, Y, Tang, C, Tang, S, Squire, SB, and Tolhurst, R. "Barriers to accessing TB diagnosis for rural-to-urban migrants with chronic cough in Chongqing, China: a mixed methods study." Bmc Health Services Research 8 (January 2008): 202-null.  Full Text
    • Gao, J, Raven, JH, and Tang, S. "Hospitalisation among the elderly in urban China." Health Policy 84, no. 2-3 (2007): 210-219.  Full Text
    • Liu, X, Thomson, R, Gong, Y, Zhao, F, Squire, SB, Tolhurst, R, Zhao, X, Yan, F, and Tang, S. "How affordable are tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment in rural China? An analysis from community and tuberculosis patient perspectives." Tropical Medicine and International Health 12, no. 12 (2007): 1464-1471.  Full Text
    • Luong, DH, Tang, S, Zhang, T, and Whitehead, M. "Vietnam during economic transition: A tracer study of health service access and affordability." International Journal of Health Services 37, no. 3 (2007): 573-588.  Full Text
    • McIntyre, D, Whitehead, M, Gilson, L, Dahlgren, G, and Tang, S. "Equity impacts of neoliberal reforms: What should the policy responses be?." International Journal of Health Services 37, no. 4 (2007): 693-709.  Full Text
    • Xu, L, Wang, Y, Collins, CD, and Tang, S. "Urban health insurance reform and coverage in China using data from National Health Services Surveys in 1998 and 2003." BMC Health Services Research 7 (2007).  Full Text
    • Yan, F, Thomson, R, Tang, S, Squire, SB, Wang, W, Liu, X, Gong, Y, Zhao, F, and Tolhurst, R. "Multiple perspectives on diagnosis delay for tuberculosis from key stakeholders in poor rural China: Case study in four provinces." Health Policy 82, no. 2 (2007): 186-199.  Full Text
    • Zhang, T, Liu, X, Bromley, H, and Tang, S. "Perceptions of tuberculosis and health seeking behaviour in rural Inner Mongolia, China." Health Policy 81, no. 2-3 (2007): 155-165.  Full Text
    • Zhang, T, Tang, S, Jun, G, and Whitehead, M. "Persistent problems of access to appropriate, affordable TB services in rural China: Experiences of different socio-economic groups." BMC Public Health 7 (2007).  Full Text
    • Tang, S, Li, X, and Wu, Z. "Rising cesarean delivery rate in primiparous women in urban China: evidence from three nationwide household health surveys." American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 195, no. 6 (December 2006): 1527-1532.  Full Text
    • Liu, X, Martineau, T, Chen, L, Zhan, S, and Tang, S. "Does decentralisation improve human resource management in the health sector? A case study from China." Social Science & Medicine (1982) 63, no. 7 (October 2006): 1836-1845.  Full Text
    • Tang, S. "Commentary: Economic crisis or structural adjustment - Which is worse for child health in African countries?." International Journal of Epidemiology 35, no. 3 (2006): 656-657.  Full Text
    • Cheng, G, Tolhurst, R, Li, RZ, Meng, QY, and Tang, S. "Factors affecting delays in tuberculosis diagnosis in rural China: A case study in four counties in Shandong Province." Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 99, no. 5 (2005): 355-362.  Full Text
    • Tang, S, and Squire, SB. "What lessons can de drawn from tuberculosis (TB) Control in China in the 1990s? An analysis from a health system perspective." Health Policy 72, no. 1 (2005): 93-104.  Full Text
    • Martineau, T, Gong, Y, and Tang, S. "Changing medical doctor productivity and its affecting factors in rural China." International Journal of Health Planning and Management 19, no. 2 (2004): 101-111.  Full Text
    • Meng, Q, Rehnberg, C, Zhuang, N, Bian, Y, Tomson, G, and Tang, S. "The impact of urban health insurance reform on hospital charges: A case study from two cities in China." Health Policy 68, no. 2 (2004): 197-209.  Full Text
    • Qian, X, Tang, S, and Garner, P. "Unintended pregnancy and induced abortion among unmarried women in China: A systematic review." BMC Health Services Research 4 (2004): 1-4.  Full Text
    • Squire, SB, and Tang, S. "How much of China's success in tuberculosis control is really due to DOTS?." Lancet 364, no. 9432 (2004): 391-392.  Full Text
    • Tolhurst, R, Zhang, T, Yang, H, Gao, J, and Tang, S. "Factors affecting the implementation of health legislation and its impact on the rural poor in China: A case study of implementation of the maternal and infant health care law in two poor counties." International Journal of Health Planning and Management 19, no. 3 (2004): 247-265.  Full Text
    • Wang, Y, Collins, C, Tang, S, and Martineau, T. "Health systems decentralization and human resources management in low and middle income countries." Public Administration and Development 22, no. 5 (December 1, 2002): 439-453.  Full Text
    • Lomoro, OA, Ehiri, JE, Qian, X, and Tang, SL. "Mothers' perspectives on the quality of postpartum care in Central Shanghai, China." International Journal for Quality in Health Care : Journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care 14, no. 5 (October 2002): 393-402.  Full Text
    • Gao, J, Qian, J, Tang, S, Eriksson, B, and Blas, E. "Health equity in transition from planned to market economy in China." Health Policy and Planning 17, no. SUPPL. 1 (2002): 20-29.  Full Text
    • Kroeger, A, Falkenberg, T, Tomson, G, Sen, K, Diesfeld, HJ, Dujardin, B, Tang, S, and Stuyft, PVD. "Editorial: Does brussels listen? European health systems research in developing countries at the edge of extinction." Tropical Medicine and International Health 7, no. 2 (2002): 101-103.  Full Text
    • Akiba, T, Osaka, K, Tang, S, Nakayama, M, Yamamoto, A, Kurane, I, Okabe, N, and Umenai, T. "Analysis of Japanese encephalitis epidemic in western Nepal in 1997." Epidemiology and Infection 126, no. 1 (2001): 81-88.
    • Gao, J, Tang, S, Tolhurst, R, and Rao, K. "Changing access to health services in urban China: Implications for equity." Health Policy and Planning 16, no. 3 (2001): 302-312.
    • Tang, S, and Bloom, G. "Decentralizing rural health services: a case study in China." The International Journal of Health Planning and Management 15, no. 3 (July 2000): 189-200.  Full Text
    • Garner, P, Flores, W, and Tang, S. "Sector wide approaches in developing countries." British Medical Journal 321, no. 7254 (2000): 129-130.
    • Tang, S, and Bloom, G. "Decentralizing rural health services: A case study in China." International Journal of Health Planning and Management 15, no. 3 (2000): 189-200.  Full Text
    • Bloom, G, and Shenglan, T. "Rural health prepayment schemes in China: Towards a more active role for government." Social Science and Medicine 48, no. 7 (1999): 951-960.  Full Text
    • Shao-Kang, Z, Sheng-Lan, T, You-De, G, and Bloom, G. "Drug Prescribing in Rural Health Facilities in China: Implications for Service Quality and Cost." Tropical Doctor 28, no. 1 (January 1998): 42-48.  Full Text
    • Tang, S. "The changing role of township health centres." Ids Bulletin 28, no. 1 (January 1, 1997): 39-47.
    • Zhan, S, Tang, S, and Guo, Y. "Drug prescribing in rural health facilities in China: Implications for service quality and cost." Ids Bulletin 28, no. 1 (January 1, 1997): 66-70.
    • Tang, S, and Gu, X. "Bringing basic health care to the rural poor." World Health Forum 17, no. 4 (1996): 404-408.
    • Gu, XY, Tang, SL, and Cao, SH. "The financing and organization of health services in poor rural China: a case study in Donglan County." The International Journal of Health Planning and Management 10, no. 4 (October 1995): 265-282.  Full Text
    • Gu, X-Y, and Tang, S-L. "Reform of the Chinese health care financing system." Health Policy 32, no. 1-3 (1995): 181-191.  Full Text
    • Xueshan, F, Shenglan, T, Bloom, G, Segall, M, and Xingyuan, G. "Cooperative medical schemes in contemporary rural China." Social Science and Medicine 41, no. 8 (1995): 1111-1118.
    • Zhang, Z-F, Graham, S, Yu, S-Z, Marshall, J, Zielezny, M, Chen, Y-X, Sun, M, Tang, S-L, Liao, C-S, Xu, J-L, and Yang, X-Z. "Trichomonas vaginalis and cervical cancer. A prospective study in China." Annals of Epidemiology 5, no. 4 (1995): 325-332.
    • Xingyuan, G, Bloom, G, Shenglan, T, Yingya, Z, Shouqi, Z, and Xingbao, C. "Financing health care in rural China: Preliminary report of a nationwide study." Social Science and Medicine 36, no. 4 (1993): 385-391.

  • Conference Papers

    • Jiang, H, Tang, S, Li, J, Chen, L, Escobar, E, and Qian, X. "Task shifting of traditional birth attendants in rural China: a qualitative study of the implementation of institution-based delivery policy." October 2015.  Link to Item
    • Liu, Y, Jiang, Y, Tang, S, Long, Q, Qiu, J, Zhong, X, and Wang, Y. "Analysis of the equity of emergency medical services: a cross-sectional survey in Chongqing city." October 2015.  Link to Item
• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • GLHLTH 750K: Health Systems in Developing Countries 2019
  • GLHLTH 750: Health Systems & Policy in Global Health 2018
• Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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  Outreach & Engaged Scholarship

  • Global Health Outreach. Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation for the Implementation of Comprehensive Models of TB Care and Control in China. China CDC. July 2016  2016
  • Duke Global Health Outreach. Developing and Evaluating Financial Models for TB/MDRTB Care in China. March 2014  2014

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