Carrin, Guy; Ron, Aviva; Hui, Yang; Hong, Wang; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 48 (1999) 7, pp. 961-972
During the 1960's and 1970's the Chinese government encouraged the 'rural cooperative medical systems' (RCMS), in order to ensure access to basic health care among the rural population. There was a break in the development of the RCMS in the early 1980's, as a consequence of market economic...