China, hong kong and taiwan, health systems of

International Encyclopedia of Public Health

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 656-671

  Leung, G M ^a   Wagstaff, A ^b   Lindelow, M ^b   Lu, J R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

China; Comparative analysis; Health system; Hong kong; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884421631     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012373960-5.00305-1     Document Type: Chapter

References (60)

1. Bloom G., Gu X. Health sector reform: Lessons from China. Social Science and Medicine 1997, 45(3):351-360.
2. Bodeker G., Kronenberg F. A public health agenda for traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine. American Journal of Public Health 2002, 92(10):1582-1591.
3. Burke A., Wong Y.Y., Clayson Z., et al. Traditional medicine in China today: Implications for indigenous health systems in a modern world. American Journal of Public Health 2003, 93(7):1082-1084.
4. Cai L., Wan C., Wang J. Analysis on proportion of in-patient expenses and the influencing factors. Journal of Hospital Statistics 1999, 6(4):206-209.
5. Chan K., Liu X.M., Peng Y., et al. The progress of Chinese medicine in mainland China. The Way Forward for Chinese Medicine 2002, 472. CRC Press, London. K. Chan, H. Lee (Eds.).
6. Chang H.J. Taiwan's National Health Insurance: Overview and Perspectives 2001.
7. Cheng S.H., Chiang T.L. The effect of universal health insurance on health care utilization in Taiwan. The Journal of the American Medical Association 1997, 278(2):89-93.
8. Cheng T.M. Taiwan's new national health insurance program: Genesis and experience so far. Health Affairs (Millwood) 2003, 22(3):61-76.
9. Chi C., Lee J.L., Lai J.S., et al. The practice of Chinese medicine in Taiwan. Social Science and Medicine 1996, 43(9):1329-1348.
10. Chiang T.L. Taiwan's 1995 health care reform. Health Policy 1997, 39(3):225-239.
11. Financial Source and Allocation of National Health Expenditures, 1996-2004 2005, Department of Health, Department of Health, Taipei, Taiwan.
12. Docteur E., Oxley H. Health-care systems: Lessons from the reform experience. OECD Health Working Paper 2003, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris, France.
13. Fung H., Tse N., Yeoh E.K., et al. Health care reform and societal values. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 1999, 24(6):638-652.
14. Gauld R., Gould D. The Hong Kong Health Sector: Development and Change 2002, 33-50. The Chinese University Press, Hong Kong.
15. Harmsworth K., Lewith G.T. Attitudes to traditional Chinese medicine amongst Western trained doctors in the People's Republic of China. Social Science and Medicine 2001, 52:149-153.
16. Hart J. Commentary: Three decades of the inverse care law. British Medical Journal 2000, 320(7226):18-19.
17. Building a Healthy Tomorrow. Discussion Paper on the Future Service Delivery Model for Our Health Care System 2005, Health and Medical Development Advisory Committee, Government Printers, Hong Kong.
18. Towards Better Health 1993, Health and Welfare Bureau, Government Printers, Hong Kong.
19. Lifelong Investment in Health 2001, Health and Welfare Bureau, Government Printers, Hong Kong.
20. A Study on Healthcare Financing and Feasibility of a Medical Savings Scheme in Hong Kong. Report submitted to the Legislative Council 2004, Health Welfare and Food Bureau, Government of the Hong Kong SAR, Hong Kong.
21. Hesketh T., Zhu W.X. Health in China: Traditional Chinese medicine: One country, two systems. British Medical Journal 1997, 315:115-117.
22. Hsiao W., Yip W. Improving Hong Kong's Health Care System: Why and for Whom? 1999, Government of the Hong Kong SAR, Hong Kong.
23. Hsiao W.C. Medical savings accounts: lessons from Singapore. Health Affairs 1995, 14(2):260-266. discussion 277-279.
24. Hsiao W.C., Yaung C.L., Lu J.R. Health care financing and delivery in the ROC: Current conditions and future challenges. Industry of Free China 1990, 73(2):13-38.
25. 2005, International Symposium on Achievements and Challenges of National Health Systems.
26. Kin L.M. The Role and Scope of Private Medical Practice in China 2002, Commissioned report by UNDP, WHO, Ministry of Health, China.
27. Leung G.M., Tin K.Y.K., Chan W.S., et al. Redistribution or horizontal equity in Hong Kong's mixed public-private health system: A policy conundrum 2008, Institute for Health Policy, Sri Lanka, EQUITAP Working Paper #22.
28. Leung G.M., Tin K.Y.K., Yeung R.Y., et al. Domestic health expenditure in Hong Kong: 1989/90 to 2001/02. Hong Kong Medical Journal 2006, 12:47-55.
29. Leung G.M., Wong I.O., Chan W.S., et al. The ecology of health care in Hong Kong. Social Science and Medicine 2005, 61(3):577-590.
30. Lin J.G. History of Chinese Medicine in Taiwan 2004, The National Union of Chinese Medical Associations, Taiwan, China.
31. Liu G., Cai R., Chao S., et al. China's urban health insurance experiment in Zhenjiang: Cost and utilization analyses. Economics of Health Care Reform in Pacific Rim 2002, 143-158. Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, England, UK. T. Hu, C. Hsieh (Eds.).
32. Liu X., Liu Y., Chen N. The Chinese Experience of Hospital Price Regulation. Health Policy and Planning 2000, 15(2):157-163.
33. Liu X., Mills A. Evaluating payment mechanisms: How can wemeasure unnecessary care?. Health Policy and Planning 1999, 14(4):409-413.
34. Liu X., Mills A. Financing reforms of public health services in China: Lessons for other nations. Social Science and Medicine 2002, 54(11):1691-1698.
35. Liu Y. Reforming China's urban health insurance system. Health Policy 2002, 60(2):133-150.
36. Liu Y., Hsiao W.C., Li Q., et al. Transformation of China's rural health care financing. Social Science and Medicine 1995, 41(8):1085-1093.
37. Liu Y., Rao K., Hu S. Towards Establishing Rural Health Protection Systems in China 2001, Asian Development Bank, Beijing, China.
38. Lu J.R., Hsiao W.C. Development of Taiwan's National Health Account. Taiwan Economic Review 2001, 29(4):547-576.
39. Lu J.R., Hsiao W.C. Does universal insurance make health care unaffordable? Lessons from Taiwan. Health Affairs 2003, 22(3):77-88.
40. Lu J.R., Hsieh C.R. The national health insurance program in Taiwan. Health Economics 2000, 401. Pro-Ed Publishing Co, Taipei, Taiwan.
41. Lu J.R., Hsieh C.R. An overview of the health care industry in Taiwan. Health Economics 2000, 25-26. Pro-Ed Publishing Co, Taipei, Taiwan.
42. Lu J.R., Hsieh C.R. An analysis of the market structure and development of Taiwan's hospital industry. Taiwan Economic Review 2003, 31(1):107-153.
43. Lu J.R., Leung G.M., Kwon S., et al. Horizontal equity in health care utilization: Evidence from three high-income Asian economies. Social Science and Medicine 2007, 64(1):199-212.
44. Research Report on China National Health Accounts 2004, Ministry of Health.
45. O'Donnell O, van Doorslaer E, Rannan-Eliya RP, et al. (2007) Who pays for health care in Asia? Journal of Health Economics (in press).
46. O'Donnell O., van Doorslaer E., Rannan-Eliya R.P. The incidence of public spending on health care: comparative evidence from Asia. World Bank Economic Review 2007, 21:93-123.
47. Projecting OECD health and long-term care expenditures: what are the main drivers? 2006, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris, France, Economics Department Working Papers no. 477.
48. Wagstaff A., van Doorslaer E., Calonge S., et al. Equity in the finance of health care: Some international comparisons. Journal of Health Economics 1992, 11(4):361-387.
49. Wong I.O., Chan W.S., Choi S., et al. Moral hazard or realised access to care? Empirical observations in Hong Kong. Health Policy 2006, 75(3):251-261.
50. Formalisation of Traditional Health Services 2003, World Health Organization, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland.
51. Wu Y. China's health care sector in transition: Resources, demand and reforms. Health Policy 1997, 39(2):137-152.
52. Yip W., Eggleston K. Addressing government and market failures with payment incentives: Hospital reimbursement reform in Hainan, China. Social Science and Medicine 2004, 58:267-277.
53. Yip W., Hsiao W. Medical savings accounts: Lessons from China. Health Affairs 1997, 16(6):244-251.
54. Zhang X., Feng Z., Zhang L. Analysis on quality of prescription of township hospitals in poor areas. Journal of Rural Health Service Management 2003, 23(12):33-35.
55. Zheng X., Hiller S. The reforms of the Chinese health care system: County level changes: The Jiangxi study. Social Science and Medicine 1995, 41(8):1057-1064.
56. Zhu N.S., Ling Z.H., Shen J., et al. Factors associated with the decline of the cooperative medical system and barefoot doctors in rural China. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 1989, 67(4):431-441.
57. The Economics of Health Care in Asia-Pacific Countries 2002, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Northampton, MA. T.W. Hu, C.R. Hsieh (Eds.).
58. Hong Kong's Health System: Reflections, Perspectives and Visions 2006, University of Hong Kong Press, Hong Kong. G.M. Leung, J. Bacon-Shone (Eds.).
59. Meeting China's Rural Health Challenges World Bank, (accessed August 2007). http://www.worldbank.org.
60. - Equity in Asia-Pacific Health Systems (EQUITAP) consortium. http://www.equitap.org.