Format:
Online-Ressource (169 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9783631648551
Series Statement:
Development Economics and Policy 70
Content:
The New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS) was implemented in 2003 in response to the poor state of health care in rural China. It holds the primary objective of insuring rural residents against catastrophic health expenses, protecting them from impoverishment caused by medical expenses. The objective of this study, therefore, is to explore variation in the determinants of household enrolment in this scheme and the impact of enrolment on health care utilization and medical expenditures in three large geographic regions in China and further to simulate the reimbursement package design in order t
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Cover; Foreword; Abstract; Table of contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Background and problem statement; 1.2 Research Objectives; 1.3 Data sources; 1.4 The structure of the thesis; 2. Health risk management; 2.1 Linkage of Health and Health care demand; 2.2 Determinants of health care demand; 2.3 Uncertainty in health care and risk-sharing strategies; 2.4 Health insurance, health insurance policy and its standard items; 2.5 Relationship between health risk and poverty reduction
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2.6 Provision of health insurance to the rural population3. An overview of the Health Care System in rural China; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Rural household demographic features; 3.3 Rural health care before the economic reform in China; 3.3.1 Rural health service network; 3.3.2 Financing mechanisms before the economic reform; 3.4 Economic reform affecting the health care system in rural China; 3.4.1 Major aspects of Market-oriented Economic Reform; 3.4.2 The impact of market-oriented economic reform on rural health care system
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3.4.3 Health status and health care expenditure of the rural population3.4.4 The attempts on rebuilding the CMS; 3.5 The New Cooperative Medical Scheme in rural China; 3.5.1 Financing mechanism of the NCMS; 3.5.2 Coverage and operational procedures of the NCMS; 3.5.3 Reimbursement models of the NCMS; 4. The impact of the New Cooperative Medical Scheme on access to rural health care and reducing medical expenditure; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Previous studies on impact of the NCMS program; 4.3 Data and Methodology; 4.3.1 Data; 4.3.2 Methodology; 4.3.2.1 Propensity score matching
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4.3.2.2 Bounding approach4.4 Variables defined; 4.4.1 Dependent variables; 4.4.2 Independent variables; 4.5 Results; 4.5.1 Descriptive statistics; 4.5.2 Propensity score estimation; 4.5.3 Impact estimation; 4.5.4 Sensitivity test results; 4.6 Discussion; 4.7 Policy implications; 5. Health care demand pattern and reimbursement mechanisms of the New Cooperative Medical Scheme; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Reimbursement arrangement of the NCMS; 5.3 Previous studies on the reimbursement mechanism of the NCMS; 5.4 Methodology; 5.4.1 Behavioral assumption; 5.4.2 Statistical analysis
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5.4.3 Empirical Strategy5.5 Data; 5.6 Results; 5.6.1 Descriptive statistics; 5.6.2 Econometric estimation results; 5.6.2.1 Health care demand model; 5.6.2.2 Policy simulation; 5.7 Discussion; 5.8 Conclusions and policy implementations; 6. General Conclusion and Recommendations; 6.1 Main findings; 6.2 Policy recommendation; References; Appendix
Additional Edition:
9783653038446
Additional Edition:
9783631648551
Additional Edition:
Print version China's New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme Evolution, Design and Impacts
Language:
English
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