China’s economic development and modernization programs launched in the past three decades have significantly altered the traditional urban systems in China. Construction of new railroads‚ development of new energy sources‚ new agricultural transformation‚ expansion of new foreign trade‚ and a rapid process of demographic transition have all contributed to the emergence of a more integrated national urban system in China. In spite of political overtones in China’s development policies since several
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At the Intersection of Health‚ Health Care and Policy Cite this article as: E Friedman Managed care‚ rationing‚ and quality: a tangled relationship Health Affairs‚ 16‚ no.3 (1997):174-182 doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.16.3.174 The online version of this article‚ along with updated information and services‚ is available at: http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/16/3/174.citation For Reprints‚ Links & Permissions: http://healthaffairs.org/1340_reprints.php E-mail Alerts : http://content.healthaffairs
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MANAGED CARE Managed health care is a system of health care delivery managed by a company aiming mainly at quality/value cost effective services provided to patients. It has been introduced with an intention to avoid paying for unessential facilities and services directly to physicians. It helps in forming an intermediate between patients and physicians in such a way that health insurance organizations pay the physicians from the premiums paid by patients to insurers for the services provided
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protection‚ bunch life‚ mischance protection‚ and medical coverage strategies. China Life orders 45 percent of that market‚ and holds the main position in 29 of the nation’s 31 noteworthy markets—just Shanghai and Beijing‚ where the organization in any case is number two‚ get away from its strength. Shaped from the separation of previous government-claimed imposing business model People’s Insurance Company of China‚ China Life is the main life coverage organization in China with a national working permit
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Chinese population: Observers of China’s rise‚ when assessing the implications for global peace and prosperity‚ have largely focused their attention on the country’s economy‚ on its energy and resource needs‚ on the environmental consequences of its rapid expansion‚ and on the nation’s military buildup and strategic ambitions. Yet‚ underlying all these dazzling changes and monumental concerns is a driving force that has been seriously underappreciated: China’s changing demography. With 1.33 billion
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China’s Urbanization With a population of 1.3 billion‚ China faces unprecedented urbanization challenges. The Chinese government‚ at various levels‚ strives to accelerate the urbanization process through city expansion and lowering the threshold for farmers to move into cities. Although urbanization is an inevitable consequence of modern economic development‚ this process has shown signs of "overheating." Hidden drawbacks‚ such as intensive pressures on employment and social security‚ and bubbles
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Managed Care Managed care refers to a method of healthcare that strives to restructure health services‚ as well as ensuring cost-effective healthcare. This kind of care aims at ensuring a definite benchmark of care‚ extent of performance‚ and cost management. It guarantees this by ensuring a thorough supervision‚ monitoring‚ as well as counseling. Moreover‚ certain sorts of managed care programs aim to support members to live healthy by preventing diseases. Ideally‚ managed care covers partly or
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Running head‚ MANAGED CARE Cynthia Norris Ashford University Tricia Devin MHA 614: Policy Formation & Leadership in Health Care Organizations Sunday‚ July 28‚ 2013 The focus on this paper is to show how analyzed research on managed care and‚ the issues of rising exposure to health care costs is threating the
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Abstract The production of copycat phones manufactured in China has a massive impact on the sales of major smartphone players. This paper will evaluate whether products have intellectual property (IP) rights to protect their designs in China in comparison to Australia. There are IP rights to protect designs in China – the patent law for outward design. However‚ even with the existence of IP laws‚ applicants are not fully protected because of: the weak IP law enforcement; the corruption that exists
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coverage and services. Within decades‚ the scope and cost of health care has changed dramatically with increased complexity and significance to the healthcare market. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the managed care industry and examine how organizations try to control costs. Managed Care Organizations is a partnership of health care providers whose purpose is to contract with an institution (Crosson & Tollen 2010). The contracting institution can be an establishment‚ a coverage group
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