Social Medical Insurance Introduction

Author: Zhang Xiao
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: This book is one of the series textbooks for medical insurance majors in higher education institutions, divided into 10 chapters. Chapter 1 focuses on introducing the basic concepts, nature and characteristics, functions and roles, systems and history of social medical insurance; Chapter 2 compares international medical insurance system models and summarizes the experiences and lessons of major countries in implementing medical insurance systems; Chapter 3 analyzes the medical insurance system and the status and roles of each relevant subject within the system; Chapter 4 discusses the management of social medical insurance funds, mainly involving fund collection, payment principles and methods, as well as fund operation issues; Chapter 5 focuses on the government's regulation of medical services and medical insurance; Chapter 6 introduces the management information system of social medical insurance; Chapters 7 to 9 introduce the development and evolution of China's medical security system and reforms, analyzing the practical journey and current status of China's social medical insurance system, with a focus on the ongoing "unified account combination" medical insurance system reform in cities and the restoration and reconstruction of rural cooperative medical care; Chapter 10 discusses legislative issues related to social medical insurance. This book can not only serve as a teaching material for medical insurance majors in higher education institutions nationwide but also for majors in health service management, insurance, labor and social security, and medical legal affairs. It can also be used as a reference for researchers in other related fields.