The Insurance System and Its Problems

Hong Sheng, Lin Zhang and Pu Qian

Chapter 2 in A Theoretical Analysis, Performance Evaluation, and Reform Solution of the Health Care System in China, 2021, pp 23-78 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: The following sections are included:Purpose of Insurance: To Eliminate Uncertainty and Increase UtilityExisting Understanding and Criticism of the Insurance SystemFurther Questions: The Weakening of the Medical Insurance System Owing to Market MechanismsInsurance Paradox: Insurance Does Not Reduce but Increases Medical CostOther Problems of InsuranceEconomic Subject and Market Under Insurance SystemSummary

Keywords: Healthcare; Medical Insurance; Self-Payment Rate of Public Medical Insurance; Medical Price; Social Welfare System; China Issue (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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