scholarly journals Urban health insurance reform and coverage in China using data from National Health Services Surveys in 1998 and 2003

2007 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling Xu ◽  
Yan Wang ◽  
Charles D Collins ◽  
Shenglan Tang
Keyword(s):  
Health Insurance ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Urban Health ◽  
National Health ◽  
Insurance Reform ◽  
Health Insurance Reform ◽  
Using Data

State, Collectivism and Worker Privilege: A Study of Urban Health Insurance Reform

2004 ◽  
Vol 177 ◽  
pp. 155-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Duckett
Keyword(s):  
Health Insurance ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Urban Health ◽  
State Enterprise ◽  
Widening Participation ◽  
Working Population ◽  
Insurance Reform ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
Health Insurance Reform ◽  
Party State

Since 1998, the central government has focused its attention on social security. Among other things, it has created a ministry for social security, pressed for the extension of health and unemployment insurance to larger numbers of the urban working population, and increased spending. Does this mean that the party-state is rebuilding the eroded urban social security system and re-asserting its role in ensuring collective provision? Do recent initiatives repair or damage the interests of urban workers? This article examines these questions through a study of urban health insurance reform. It argues the state has taken over from work units the responsibility for health insurance, that collectivism has been partially preserved through redistributory “risk-pooling” systems, and that the party-state is moving away from its traditional state enterprise-centred working-class base and widening participation to include workers in the private and rural industrial sectors. However, continued prioritization of economic growth means that the party-state's role is limited, while collectivist provision is restricted to the non-agricultural working population. In practice, government officials and workers in successful state enterprises are still the most likely to be insured.

Equity in health care access to: assessing the urban health insurance reform in China

2002 ◽  
Vol 55 (10) ◽  
pp. 1779-1794 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon G. Liu ◽  
Zhongyun Zhao ◽  
Renhua Cai ◽  
Tetsuji Yamada ◽  
Tadashi Yamada
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Urban Health ◽  
Health Care Access ◽  
Equity In Health ◽  
Insurance Reform ◽  
Care Access ◽  
Health Insurance Reform ◽  
Equity In Health Care
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