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For developing nations, there is a crucial issue of concern for health policy development: how to mobilize and manage financial resources for health systems. Among the major designs of health schemes, two stand out as competing options: social health insurance (SHI) and a tax-based system (e.g., the National Health Service in the United Kingdom)
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Liu, K. (2016). Understanding a Paradox in the Social Health Insurance Reform in China. In: The Effects of Social Health Insurance Reform on People’s Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure in China. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1777-3_1
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