| Description |
1 online resource (217 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Analysing health care financing reform: a refined theory of historical institutionalism; 2 Debating health care reform; 3 Shanghai: the creation of foreign settlements and the introduction of novel ideas about health and hygiene; 4 Contemporary Shanghai: the dynamics of health insurance reform; 5 Singapore: building health care in a colonial settlement; 6 Contemporary Singapore: managing health care finance |
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7 Hong Kong: Western ideas in a Chinese city8 Contemporary Hong Kong: ongoing debates about health care finance; 9 The way forward; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This book empirically examines health care financing reforms and popular responses in three major cities in East Asia: Shanghai, Singapore, and Hong Kong. It adopts a new revised version of the theory of historical institutionalism to compare and explain the divergent reform paths in these three places over the past three decades. It also examines forces that propel institutional change. The book provides three detailed case studies on the development of health care financing reforms and the politics of implementing them. It shows that health care systems in Shanghai, Singapor |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317748649 |
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1317748646 |
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