UID:
almahu_9949386280502882
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781000051865
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1000051862
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9780429340406
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0429340400
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9781000051827
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100005182X
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9781000051780
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1000051781
Series Statement:
Routledge studies on the Chinese economy ; 74
Content:
This book examines the financing of China's health system, argues that present arrangements are not adequate and proposes an increased role for commercial health insurance as a way of overcoming the difficulties. Highlighting that China's present social medical insurance system can only cover basic medical services, with the results that many Chinese people with higher income are going abroad for high-quality medical services and that doctors are not bringing in the salaries and obtaining the social status they expect, the book suggests that commercial health insurance offers a possible solution, in that it can help meet the demand of higher-income groups for better healthcare services while at the same time increasing the income of more competent medical professionals. The book goes on to consider the current state of China's commercial insurance industry, outlining the various challenges that the industry needs to overcome if it is to fulfil an increased role, challenges such as greater specialization, increased capacity, structural reform, improved regulation and closer integration with China's medical reform programme.
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Research team members -- Preface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Main Report: Research project on China's commercial health insurance -- 1.1 Research background and significance -- 1.2 Achievements made to date in promoting the development of commercial health insurance in China -- 1.3 Major challenges faced by China's commercial health insurance sector
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1.3.1 Insufficient effective supply, limited variety of product offerings, insufficient health security provisions, lack of healthcare services, and the need to upgrade professional management skills -- 1.3.2 The massive amount of potential demand in China has not yet been realized, and policies that are guided by demand are not yet strong enough -- 1.3.3 The commercial health insurance industry has not yet played its proper role in furthering reform of China's medical, pharmaceutical, and healthcare system
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1.3.4 Outdated regulatory system that does not meet the demands of changing times, insufficient focus, and a lack of supporting policies -- 1.4 Future directions and key areas of development of commercial health insurance -- 1.4.1 Promote innovation and push forward structural reform of the supply side -- 1.4.2 Raise awareness of health insurance among the population, strengthen supportive policies, and continue to push for transforming potential demand into effective demand -- 1.4.3 Deepen China's Medical Reform and promote the development of commercial health insurance
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1.4.4 Create an effective regulatory system that governs commercial health insurance -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Research Topic 1: Research on the supply of commercial health insurance in China -- 2.1 Overview of supply of commercial health insurance -- 2.1.1 Definition of 'the supply of commercial health insurance' -- 2.1.2 Supply of commercial health insurance: current situation and actual practice -- 2.2 Factors that influence supply of commercial health insurance -- 2.2.1 Variables that are endogenous to the supply of commercial health insurance
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2.2.2 Exogenous variables relating to supply of commercial health insurance -- 2.3 Obstacles and challenges facing China's commercial health insurance supply -- 2.3.1 Obstacles faced by the supply side of China's commercial health insurance -- 2.3.2 Challenges faced by supply side of China's commercial health insurance -- 2.4 International experience of commercial health insurance and lessons to be drawn -- 2.4.1 International experience in developing and supplying commercial health insurance -- 2.4.2 Lessons to be learned from international experience
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 0367313235
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780367313234
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429340406
