Governing the Healthcare Market
Zhao, Hongwen
The Chinese healthcare system has evolved from a centralized, egalitarian public system (1949-1979) to one which can be characterized as public identity, private behavior, health system (1980-1999). With blurring of the distinction between public and private governing systems, high cost, high volume services are offered through excessive entrepreneurial practices. Regulating healthcare market has emerged as an essential issue. Without an effec...