Health Care Transition in Urban China

Contents: China in transition: challenges to urban health services, Gerald Bloom; Introduction to the urban health system and review of reform initiatives, Shenglan Tang and Qingyue Meng; The cities, the people and their health, Youlong Gong, Qingyue Meng, Wei Wang and Shenglan Tang; The health systems of Nantong and Zibo, Qingyue Meng, Zhonghua Weng, Ning Zhuang, Wei Wang, Qiang Sun, Yuelai Lu, Baogang Shu and Gerald Bloom; Access to and use of health care services by employees and their families, Henry Lucas, Jiaying Chen and Zhonghua Weng; Urban health reform in China: the impact on vulnerable groups, Jiaying Chen, Henry Lucas and Youlong Gong; Health and vulnerability, Thomas Uhlemann and Fei Yan; Gendered impacts and implications of health sector reform in the context of multiple transitions in urban China, Rachel Tolhurst, Hilary Standing and Xu Qian; The public hospitals: policy reform, productivity and cost, Qingyue Meng, Clas Rehnberg, Ning Zhuang, Ying Bian and Shenglan Tang; The impact of health insurance reform on hospital charges: a comparison of Nantong and Zibo, Clas Rehnberg, Qingyue Meng, Ying Bian, Ning Zhuang and Shenglan Tang; Conclusions and recommendations, Gerald Bloom, Qingyue Meng and Shenglan Tang; Annex: research methods; Bibliography; Index.