chinas health care system in the course of economic reform

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1、AnEconomicAnalysisofHealthCareinChina(draft8/8/06)GregoryCChowPrincetonUniversityAbstractAfterdescribingtheinstitutionsforhealthcareinChinaastheyevolvedsince1949,thispaperpresentsstatisticaldemandfunctionsforhealthcare.Itappliesthedemandfunctionstoexplai

2、ntherapidincreaseinhealthcaredemandandtheresultingrapidincreaseinpricewhensupplyfailedtoincrease.ThefailureinincreaseinsupplywastracedtothesystemofpublicsupplyofhealthcareinChina.ThereformexperienceofSuqiancityintheprivatizationofhealthcareisreportedtode

3、monstratethepositiveeffectofprivatizationonsupply.Thegovernment’shealthcareprogramfortheurbanandruralpopulationisdescribedandanevaluationofitisprovided.Outline1.Introduction2.ChangesinHealthCareInstitutions3.DemandFunctionsforHealthCare4SupplyforHealthCa

4、re:PublicorPrivate?5.Government’sProgramforHealthCare6.EvaluationoftheCurrentHealthCareSystem7.Conclusion28AnEconomicAnalysisofHealthCareinChina(draft8/8/06)GregoryCChowPrincetonUniversityAbstractAfterdescribingtheinstitutionsforhealthcareinChinaastheyev

5、olvedsince1949,thispaperpresentsstatisticaldemandfunctionsforhealthcare.Itappliesthedemandfunctionstoexplaintherapidincreaseinhealthcaredemandandtheresultingrapidincreaseinpricewhensupplyfailedtoincrease.Thefailureinincreaseinsupplywastracedtothesystemof

6、publicsupplyofhealthcareinChina.ThereformexperienceofSuqiancityintheprivatizationofhealthcareisreportedtodemonstratethepositiveeffectofprivatizationonsupply.Thegovernment’shealthcareprogramfortheurbanandruralpopulationisdescribedandanevaluationofitisprov

7、ided.Outline1.Introduction2.ChangesinHealthCareInstitutions3.DemandFunctionsforHealthCare4SupplyforHealthCare:PublicorPrivate?5.Government’sProgramforHealthCare6.EvaluationoftheCurrentHealthCareSystem7.Conclusion281.IntroductionWithapopulationofover1.3bi

8、llionChinahasreceivedmuchattention,includingitsspectaculareconomicdevelopmentsince1978andtheaccompanieddeteriorationofhealthcareforasubstantialsegmentofitslargeruralpopulation.Section2ofthispaperrecountsthesuccessofthePRCi