China's Urban Health Care Reform From State Protection to Individual Responsibility

by Wong, Chack-Kie; Lo, Vai Io; Tang, Kwong-Leung

• ISBN13: 9780739106600
• ISBN10: 0739106600
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-11-22
• Publisher: LEXINGTON BOOKS

Summary

One way to describe the importance of social policy is to say it's about what is and what might be. This ethos is the driving force behind Chack-Kie Wong, Vai Io Lo, and Kwong-leung Tang's China's Urban Health Care Reform. Based on a study of a mid-level city in China, these three scholars provide analysis and offer theory-based recommendations on health care development.

Author Biography

Chack-kie Wong is Professor of Social Work at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and currently a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley Vai lo Lo is Associate Professor in the Graduate School on International Management at the International University of Japan Kwong-leung Tang is Professor of Social Work at the Chinese University of Hong Kong

Table of Contents

Illustrations	vii
Preface	ix
Introduction	1	(10)
Health Care in China	11	(20)
Health Insurance Reform in China	31	(28)
Theoretical Approaches to Health Care Provision	59	(20)
Health Care Reform and Stakeholders' Opinions in Wuhan	79	(32)
Impact of Health Care Reform	111	(28)
Going Down the Road of Developmentalism: The Future of the Health Care System in China	139	(18)
Appendix Questionnaire from the Wuhan's Health Care Study 2003	157	(8)
Bibliography	165	(8)
Index	173	(4)
About the Authors	177