Survey of the medical financial assistance schemes of the urban poor in Shanghai
Xiao-ming, S.; Hong, L.; Yuan, C.; Wen-hua, T.
International Journal of Health Planning and Management 17(2): 91-112
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0749-6753 PMID: 12126212 DOI: 10.1002/hpm.663Document Number: 259171
After 1990, being a 'pilot city' for health care reform, Shanghai constructed modernized medical financial assistance schemes (MFAS), which were progressively applied by the central government rate in the 1990s. As the pioneer of social security reform in China, Shanghai again is the place with most experience of the problems of the transition from 'Public-Relief' to 'Social-Assistance'. From the 'user' perspective of MFAS, the study reported has attempted to evaluate MFASs. Furthermore, the research seeks to point to future policy and programme options for implementing MFAS and optimizing the allocation of urban health care resources.
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