Reforming the Rural Cooperative Medical System in China: A Summary of Initial Experience

Reforming the Rural Cooperative Medical System in China: A Summary of Initial Experience

At the end of the 1970s, the People's Republic of China had a rural cooperative medical system (RCMS) in place in about 95% of villages that relied on collective financing. The economic reforms of the 1980s jeopardized this financing & hampered the access of the rural population to basic he...

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Veröffentlicht in:IDS bulletin (Brighton. 1984) 1997-01, Vol.28 (1), p.92-97
Hauptverfasser: Carrin, Guy, Ron, Aviva, Jun, Yu, SC, Wang, Hui, Yang, Hong, Zhang Tuo, Cheng, Zhang Li, Shuo, Zhang, Yide, Ye
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
China
Cooperatives
Delivery Systems
Finance
Financing
Health Care Utilization
Health Policy
Health services
Medicine
Peoples Republic of China
Program Implementation
Reform
Reforms
Rural Areas
Rural Population
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Zusammenfassung:At the end of the 1970s, the People's Republic of China had a rural cooperative medical system (RCMS) in place in about 95% of villages that relied on collective financing. The economic reforms of the 1980s jeopardized this financing & hampered the access of the rural population to basic health care. In 1994, the Chinese government initiated a project aimed at strengthening RCMSs. Here, an overview of the RCMS policy since 1950 is offered, highlighting the key features of the implementation of the RCMS project in 14 counties, & adjustments for the future are proposed. 2 Tables, 7 References. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:0265-5012