LEADER 05395nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910780724003321 005 20230207232305.0 010 $a1-282-75837-3 010 $a9786612758379 010 $a981-4277-74-6 035 $a(CKB)2490000000001640 035 $a(EBL)1679541 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000413970 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11250679 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000413970 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10386204 035 $a(PQKB)10497507 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1679541 035 $a(WSP)00000572 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1679541 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10422526 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL275837 035 $a(OCoLC)671655690 035 $a(EXLCZ)992490000000001640 100 $a20090402d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aChina's new social policy$b[electronic resource] $einitiatives for a harmonious society /$fedited by Zhao Litao & Lim Tin Seng 210 $aSingapore $cWorld Scientific$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (245 p.) 225 1 $aSeries on contemporary China ;$vv. 20 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a981-4277-73-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $a3. Direct Provider Subsidies vs Social Health Insurance: A Compromise Proposal A?ke 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 327 $aIntegrating 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 327 $aAppendix 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 327 $a5. 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. 327 $aAppendix V: 330 $aAfter more than 30 years of rapid development, China has established herself as an important engine of growth for the world economy. This achievement, however, came with a heavy price, in the form of serious pollution in its developed regions and social problems in areas such as healthcare and housing. This publication studies some of such problems and provides an updated account on a wide range of new social policy initiatives in China. China's New Social Policy distinguishes itself from other literature in this field. It undertakes a general methodology that assesses the social impact brough 410 0$aSeries on contemporary China ;$vv. 20. 606 $aSocial engineering$zChina 607 $aChina$xSocial policy 607 $aChina$xSocial conditions 615 0$aSocial engineering 676 $a361.610951 701 $aZhao$b Litao$f1972-$01519828 701 $aLim$b Tin Seng$01473681 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780724003321 996 $aChina's new social policy$93758121 997 $aUNINA