Challenges to the Chinese Health Insurance System： Users＇ and Service Providers＇ Perspectives

To achieve universal health insurance coverage,China has launched three phases of health care system reforms.The first round of reforms was embarked on in the mid-1980s with the introduction of market incentives.The second round began in 1997 with the introduction of the Urban Employee Basic Medical...

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Published in	Chinese medical journal Vol. 128; no. 5; pp. 571 - 573
Main Authors	Si, Lei, Jiang, Qi-Cheng
Format	Journal Article
Language	English
Published	China Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 05.03.2015 Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ovid Technologies Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7000, Australia Department of Health Insurance, School of Health Administration, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China%Department of Health Insurance, School of Health Administration, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd Wolters Kluwer
Subjects	Health care industry Health care policy Health care reform Health insurance Healthcare; Health Insurance System; Healthcare reform Humans Insurance coverage Insurance, Health - economics Insurance, Health - organization & administration Insurance, Health - standards Insurance, Health - trends Laws, regulations and rules National health insurance Socioeconomic factors 中国医疗保险制度工作人员市场激励机制改革服务提供商用户覆盖面 China Healthcare Health Insurance System Healthcare reform
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ISSN	0366-6999 2542-5641 2542-5641
DOI	10.4103/0366-6999.151641

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Summary:	To achieve universal health insurance coverage,China has launched three phases of health care system reforms.The first round of reforms was embarked on in the mid-1980s with the introduction of market incentives.The second round began in 1997 with the introduction of the Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance （UEBMI） scheme which provided health insurance coverage to all urban workers in addition to a long-term/historical scheme for government workers.
Bibliography:	To achieve universal health insurance coverage,China has launched three phases of health care system reforms.The first round of reforms was embarked on in the mid-1980s with the introduction of market incentives.The second round began in 1997 with the introduction of the Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance （UEBMI） scheme which provided health insurance coverage to all urban workers in addition to a long-term/historical scheme for government workers. Healthcare;Health Insurance System;Healthcare reform 11-2154/R ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 14 content type line 23 ObjectType-Editorial-2 ObjectType-Commentary-1 ObjectType-Article-3
ISSN:	0366-6999 2542-5641 2542-5641
DOI:	10.4103/0366-6999.151641