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

Informationen zum Autor Chack-kie Wong is professor of social work at Chinese University of Hong Kong and, currently, a visiting scholar at University of California, Berkeley. Vai Io Lo is associate professor in the Graduate School on International Management at International University of Japan. Kwong-leung Tang is professor of social work at Chinese University of Hong Kong. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung One way to describe the importance of social policy is to say it's about what is and what might be. Based on a study of a mid-level city in China! the three scholars provide analysis and offer theory-based recommendations on health care development. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Health Care in China Chapter 3 Health Insurance Reforms in China Chapter 4 Theoretical Approaches to Health Care Provision Chapter 5 Health Care Reform and Stakeholders' Opinions in Wuhan Chapter 6 Impact of Health Care Reform Chapter 7 Going Down the Road of Developmentalism: The Future of Health Care System in China

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• Authors: Vai Io Lo, Lo Vai Io, Kwong-Leung Tang, Zhuoqi Wang, Chack-kie Wong, Chack-Kie Lo Wong, Wong Chack-kie
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2005
• EAN: 9780739113509
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-1350-9
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; China, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, Health systems & services, Health systems and services