Urban Health Insurance Reform in China

DOI

10.2991/emtc-14.2014.68How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Health care, Health care systems, Chinese health care, Government health insurance, Chinese health insurance, Chinese Government Insurance Scheme, Chinese Labor Insurance Scheme.

Abstract

The healthcare system for urban employees in China was established in the early 1950s. The first stage (1950s-1980) mainly consisted of two parts, the Government Insurance Scheme (GIS) and the Labor Insurance Scheme (LIS). The GIS and LIS achieved remarkable success with limited resources, contributed to economic development and social stability, and won high praise from the World Health Organization. The second stage (1980s to date) aimed at controlling costs and expanded the risk pool to the city level, but experienced several problems, was not well received by the public, and drew negative government evaluations. This study examines underlying reasons and offers recommendations for improvement.

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© 2014, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Xin Hai-Chang
AU  - Amsbary Jonathan
AU  - Powell Larry
PY  - 2014/04
DA  - 2014/04
TI  - Urban Health Insurance Reform in China
BT  - Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Economic Management and Trade Cooperation
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 407
EP  - 416
SN  - 1951-6851
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/emtc-14.2014.68
DO  - 10.2991/emtc-14.2014.68
ID  - Hai-Chang2014/04
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