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.
| ISBN: | 9780367313234 |
| Publication date: | 19th August 2020 |
| Author: | Zhongguo fa zhan yan jiu ji jin hui |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 516 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy |
| Genres: |
Medical administration and management Insurance and actuarial studies Public health and preventive medicine Regional / International studies Society and culture: general Economics |
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.
China's Commercial Health Insurance features in the following genres: Medical administration and management, Insurance and actuarial studies, Public health and preventive medicine, Regional / International studies, Society and culture: general, Economics
China's Commercial Health Insurance is available in Hardback
China's Commercial Health Insurance was written by Zhongguo fa zhan yan jiu ji jin hui and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
China's Commercial Health Insurance has 516 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy series
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