The Development and Challenges in Health Care Policy and Health Care Financing in Contemporary China |
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Authors: | Yang Wei |
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Institution: | (1) National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore |
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Abstract: | China’s market-oriented reform has had great success in the past few decades. Along with the rapid economic growth of the
country, the economic development also influenced various aspects of China’s social, economical, and political life. Recent
debate has criticized the overheated market reform in social provision, thus arguing for the return of government interventions.
However, in the health care sector, it is inappropriate to attribute all distortions to market imperfection. It is rather
the design of the health care system and the lack of government interventions in regulating the health care market that obstruct
the functions of health care provision. To examine the proposed hypotheses, the paper focuses on China’s medical care provision,
evaluating the actual performance of China’s medical care provision in the environment of economic transition from a multidimensional
analysis, hence providing forward-looking suggestions for the design of China’s health care provision. Findings from this
study indicate that government interventions are indispensable in regulating the health care market as well as ensuring health
care delivery.
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Keywords: | Government policy Regulation Public health Healthcare financing |
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