The Effects of Social Health Insurance Reform on People's Out-Of-Pocket Health Expenditure in China: The Mediating Role of the Institutional Arrangeme

by Kai Liu

This study examines and explains the relationship between social health insurance (SHI) participation and out-of-pocket expenditures (OOP) as well as the mediating role the institutional arrangement of SHI plays in this relationship in China. Embracing a new institutionalist approach, it develops two analytical perspectives: determination, which identifies the mechanisms of social health insurance, and strategic interaction, which explores the interaction...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 981101776X
• ISBN13: 9789811017766
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"