China's New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme: Evolution, Design and Impacts

By Dan Liu

The New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS) was implemented in 2003 in response to the poor state of health care in rural China. This study offers a contribution to improve the NCMS design, particularly as to regional policy development, reimbursement arrangements, the efficiency of public investment, and improvements of rural infrastructure.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3631648553
• ISBN13: 9783631648551
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
• Length: 141 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"