Social health insurance in China: principal reforms and inequalities

Fabianna Bacil Lourenço Ferreira

doi:10.18294/sc.2017.999

Seguro social de salud en China: principales reformas y desequilibrios

Fabianna Bacil Lourenço Ferreira Graduada en Relaciones Internacionales, Graduada en Economía. Investigadora asociada, Laboratório de Estudos em Economia Política da China (LabChina), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.

Recibido: 3 June 2016, Aceptado: 6 October 2016, Publicado: 11 April 2017

https://doi.org/10.18294/sc.2017.999

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En este artículo se analiza el sistema de seguro social de salud de China, sus reformas y los principales desequilibrios sociales encontrados. A partir de diversos autores de referencia, es posible observar que las reformas rurales y urbanas siguen el mismo patrón: un sistema de gran tamaño que se fue reduciendo, para volver a expandirse en una forma relativamente rápida. Sin embargo, a pesar de las mejoras, persisten algunos problemas históricos de China, principalmente, la brecha rural-urbana y las desigualdades regionales. La falta de integración del trabajador que migra del campo a la ciudad también se reproduce fuertemente en el sistema de salud pública de China, siendo estos los principales desafíos que se presentan actualmente.

Palabras clave: Reforma del Sector Salud, Seguridad Social, Desigualdades en la Salud, China

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