1st Edition

Public Policy and Health Care in China The Case of Public Insurance

By Peter Nan-shong Lee Copyright 2024
252 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

252 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

252 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book examines the introduction and ongoing development of public medical care insurance in contemporary China. Based on extensive field investigations, residents’ surveys and analyses by local policy experts and practitioners it provides a comparative analysis of the marketization of public policy in China in contrast to those in other countries, such as the United Kingdom and Germany.... Read more

1. Introduction  Part I Public Policy and Health Care  2. Main Issues and Theoretical Perspectives  3. Policy Legacy and Vested Interests  4. Early Origins and Policy Precedents  Part II Basic Medical Care Insurances in the Planned Sector  5. Inaugurating Basic Medical Care Insurance  6. Types and Provision of Basic Medical Care  7. Financing Basic Medical Care  8. Supplementary Medical Care Insurances  Part III Medical Care Insurances in the Non-planned Sector  9. Urban Resident Medical Care Insurance and Beyond  10. Origins and Evolution of NRCMCI  11. Packaging and Funding of NRCMCI  Part IV Conclusion and Future Trend Analysis  12. Assessment and Discussion

Biography

Peter Nan-shong Lee is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Political Science at the National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan.