title: Healthcare sector reform and its influence on public hospitals in mainland China.
abstract: The government has launched the healthcare sector reform since the 1980s. From the beginning, the reform has been controversial. What is then the real purpose of the reform? Is it only to reduce the government's burden of health care or establish a just and effective healthcare system? Can healthcare be geared by the market or should the government play a guiding role in it?
authors.affiliation: Institute of Philosophy/Centre for Applied Ethics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Renzong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Qiu
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D002681:China; D017048:Health Care Costs; D018166:Health Care Reform; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011787:Quality of Health Care