China's new social policy [[electronic resource] ] : initiatives for a harmonious society / / edited by Zhao Litao & Lim Tin Seng

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910455857303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Singapore, : World Scientific, c2010
• ISBN: 1-282-75837-3; 9786612758379; 981-4277-74-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (245 p.)
• Collana: Series on contemporary China ; ; v. 20
• Altri autori (Persone): ZhaoLitao <1972->; LimTin Seng
• Disciplina: 361.610951
• Soggetti: Social engineering - China; Electronic books.; China Social policy; China Social conditions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgement; About the Editors; About the Contributors; Introduction; 1. Economic Reform, Social Policy and Political Transition in China Zheng Yongnian; Economic Reforms; Social Reforms; What Type of Democracy is China Developing Into?; 2. Towards Central Planning or Regulated Marketization? China Debates on the Direction of New Healthcare Reforms Gu Xin; Setting the Scene: Market Reforms and High Healthcare Cost; Central Planning or Regulated Marketization?; Reforms in Healthcare Delivery: Restoring a Planned System?; Concluding Remarks; 3. Direct Provider Subsidies vs Social Health Insurance: A Compromise Proposal Åke Blomqvist and Qian Jiwei What Has Been Done So Far?; Proposals for Increased Provider Subsidies; Social Insurance versus Direct Subsidies to Providers; A Compromise: Government Purchasing of Health Services; Why is Third-party Party Purchasing Needed in Health Care?; Why Market Competition in Health Care May Not Be Effective?; Third-party Purchasers in the Private Sector: Prepaid Care and Competition for Contracts; Purchasers in Publicly Funded Systems; Integrating the Social Insurance and Provider Subsidy Approaches in China: A Proposal How Should Purchasers Pay Providers?; Retrospective Payment via Fee for Service and the Cost of Care; Prospective Payment Methods I: Salary and Fixed Budgets; Prospective Payment Methods II: Capitation in Primary Care; Alternative Payment Methods III: DRG's for Hospitals; How Much Should Patients Pay? Demand-side vs. Supply-Side Incentives; User Fees: Paid to Providers or Purchasers?; One Purchaser, Several Plans?; Conclusion; Appendix 1: Opting Out and the Role of Private Insurance; Appendix 2: Models of Purchasing in Publicly Funded Health Insurance Additional References; 4. China's Higher Education: Growth and Problems Zhao Litao and Sheng Sixin; Reviving Higher Education after the Cultural Revolution; The Rapid Expansion of Higher Education Since 1999; Funding Higher Education's Expansion; Government Spending; Private Higher Education Institutions; Bank Loans; Independent Colleges; University Town; Tuition Fees; Developing World-Class Universities Since the 1990's; Problems of Higher Education Expansion in China; Looking Ahead; Additional References; 5. China's New Public Housing Policy: The Case of Xiamen Liang Ruobing Market-Oriented Reform in the 1980's and 1990's; Impact of the Housing Reform of the 1990's; Property Boom and Reasons Behind; New Public Housing Policy in Urban China; Xiamen's Public Housing Project; Unresolved Issues and Problems; Promoting Xiamen's Pattern: Difficulties Faced; Conclusion; Appendix III: Geographical and Demographical Features of Xiamen.; Appendix IV: First Phase of Planned Construction Projects of Xiamen's Public Housing 2006.; Appendix V: Regulations on Allocation and Management of SSCH and SSRH in Xiamen.; Appendix V:
• Sommario/riassunto: After more than 30 years of rapid development, China has established herself as an important engine of growth for the world economy. This achievement, however, came with a heavy price, in the form of serious pollution in its developed regions and social problems in areas such as healthcare and housing. This publication studies some of such problems and provides an updated account on a wide range of new social policy initiatives in China. China's New Social Policy distinguishes itself from other literature in this field. It undertakes a general methodology that assesses the social impact brough