Survey of the medical financial assistance schemes of the urban poor in Shanghai.
After 1990, being a 'pilot city' for health care reform, Shanghai constructed modernized medical financial assistance schemes (MFAS), which were progressively applied by the central government rate in the 1990s. As the pioneer of social security reform in China, Shanghai again is the place with most experience of the problems of the transition from 'Public-Relief' to 'Social-Assistance'. From the 'user' perspective of MFAS, the study reported has attempted to evaluate MFASs. Furthermore, the research seeks to point to future policy and programme options for implementing MFAS and optimizing the allocation of urban health care resources.
Shanghai Health Bureau, The People's Republic of China.
Sun
S
Xiao-ming
Liang
L
Hong
Cheng
C
Yuan
Tian
T
Wen-hua
D002681:China; D018166:Health Care Reform; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006291:Health Policy; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics*; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008483:Medical Assistance / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011203:Poverty; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D019037:Urban Health Services / Q000191:economics*