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China’s Healthcare Reform And Resources Redistribution: Lessons For Emerging Nations

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  • Jia CUI

    (Northeast Normal University, P.R. China)

  • Shaomin HUANG

    (Lewis-Clark State College, United States of America)

  • Gerald RAMEY

    (Eastern Oregon University, United States of America)

Abstract

Following China’s recent economic growth and healthcare reform, medical services quickly merged into the market economy. The burden of healthcare expense on the Chinese people has become a serious political issue. This research project reviews the changes in health expenditures made during the last two decades. This paper explores the cause of this rapid change in the healthcare sector and analyzes the corresponding statistics during the entire economic reform period. In addition, the paper articulates that the lack of healthcare coverage existed even before the healthcare reform formally started. As a direct result of this reform, medical resources were quickly concentrated in urban hospitals and the individual out-of¬pocket expense as the share of total health expenditures sharply increased. Recommendations are made for further healthcare reform.

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  • Jia CUI & Shaomin HUANG & Gerald RAMEY, 2009. "China’s Healthcare Reform And Resources Redistribution: Lessons For Emerging Nations," Review of Economic and Business Studies, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, issue 4, pages 27-42, November.
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    Keywords

    Healthcare; Economic transition; Redistribution; China;
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    JEL classification:

    • I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • P21 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - Planning, Coordination, and Reform

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