The reforms of health care finance in Hong Kong and urban China: A mixed attitude to social welfare

Critical Social Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 843-864

  Yu, Kam Wai ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Health care finance; Path dependence

Indexed keywords

FINANCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; POLICY REFORM; WELFARE PROVISION;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 33749369545     PISSN: 02610183     EISSN: 1461703X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261018306068478     Document Type: Article

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