The Effects of Social Health Insurance Reform on People's Out-Of-Pocket Health Expenditure in China: The Mediating Role of the Institutional Arrangeme

by Kai Liu

This study examines and explains the relationship between social health insurance (SHI) participation and out-of-pocket expenditures (OOP) as well as the mediating role the institutional arrangement of SHI plays in this relationship in China. Embracing a new institutionalist approach, it develops two analytical perspectives: determination, which identifies the mechanisms of social health insurance, and strategic interaction, which explores the interaction...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811094454
• ISBN13: 9789811094453
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"