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Salud colectiva
Print version ISSN 1669-2381On-line version ISSN 1851-8265
Abstract
FERREIRA, Fabianna Bacil Lourenço. Social health insurance in China: principal reforms and inequalities. Salud colect. [online]. 2017, vol.13, n.1, pp.5-17. ISSN 1669-2381. http://dx.doi.org/10.18294/sc.2017.999.
This article analyzes the social health insurance system in China, its reforms and the principal social inequalities uncovered. Based in the work of a number of authors of reference, it is possible to observe that rural and urban reforms follow the same pattern: large systems that were gradually reduced and then again expanded relatively quickly. Improvements notwithstanding, some of China’s historical problems persist, especially the rural-urban gap and regional disparities. The lack of integration of workers that migrate from the country to the city is reproduced in the current Chinese public health system, constituting one of the primary challenges to be faced at present.
Keywords : Health Care Reform; Social Security; Health Inequalities; China.