TY  - BOOK
ED  - World Bank.
ED  - World Bank.
TI  - The Path to Integrated Insurance Systems in China
T2  - Policy Notes
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - The World Bank
KW  - Access to Finance
KW  - Access to Health Services
KW  - Administrative Costs
KW  - Bankruptcy
KW  - Capacity Building
KW  - Cities
KW  - Cost-Effectiveness
KW  - Diabetes
KW  - Doctors
KW  - Economic Development
KW  - Employment
KW  - Expenditures
KW  - Finance and Financial Sector Development
KW  - Health Care Costs
KW  - Health Economics & Finance
KW  - Health Monitoring & Evaluation
KW  - Health Policy
KW  - Health Professionals
KW  - Health Systems Development & Reform
KW  - Health, Nutrition and Population
KW  - Hospitals
KW  - Human Resources
KW  - Inflation
KW  - Informed Consent
KW  - Insurance
KW  - Insurance & Risk Mitigation
KW  - Medical Savings Accounts
KW  - Migrant Workers
KW  - Migration
KW  - Nutrition
KW  - Pharmacies
KW  - Physicians
KW  - Private Health Insurance
KW  - Profitability
KW  - Public Health
KW  - Purchasing Power
KW  - Rural Health Care
KW  - Savings
KW  - Social Health Insurance
KW  - Social Insurance
KW  - Unions
KW  - Urban Areas
KW  - Villages
KW  - Workers
N2  - Since the 2003 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak, health care in China has become a leading national concern. Often highlighted by the popular phrase, kan-bing-nan, kan-bing-gui (seeking care is difficult and expensive), healthcare costs can be devastating. Prior to 2007, there were two formal insurance programs: the Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance (UEBMI) for the urban employed population, and the New Rural Cooperative Medical Insurance (NRCMI) for rural residents. A third major group-urban resident without formal employment-was essentially left out of the state health security system. In July 2007, the State Council initiated a pilot experiment in 79 cities-the Urban Resident Basic Medical Insurance (URBMI). The plan targeted urban residents without formal employment, especially the elderly and children (State Council 2007). The present health policy note provides an updated review of healthcare settings and policy reforms, focusing primarily on urban health financing. It discusses urban insurance in the context of universal coverage and how to harmonize insurance schemes across urban and rural areas. This discussion is placed in the context of global experience and emerging principles of best practices
UR  - http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/27719
ER  -