Rein in Red Packets
This chapter identifies two major approaches that the Chinese government has employed to govern red packets, namely, the disciplinary approach and the market approach. The disciplinary approach relies predominantly on long-established institutions and inv
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Jingqing Yang
Informal Payments and Regulations in China’s Healthcare System
Jingqing Yang
Informal Payments and Regulations in China’s Healthcare System Red Packets and Institutional Reform
Jingqing Yang School of International Studies University of Technology Sydney Sydney, NSW Australia
ISBN 978-981-10-2109-1 ISBN 978-981-10-2110-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-2110-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016956911 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This book was advertised with a copyright holder in the name of the publisher in error, whereas the author holds the copyright. This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover illustration: Cover design by Samantha Johnson Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. The registered company address is: 152 Beach Road, #22-06/08 Gateway East, Singapore 189721, Singapore
To Suzhen, Bochan and Bozhi
CONTENTS
1
Introduction
2
Socialist Medicine and Theories of Informal Payments
29
3
Institutional Changes and the Power of Chinese Medical Professionals
67
4
1
Health Reform and the Rise of Informal Payments After 1978
133
5
Transactions of Red Packets in the Hospital
187
6
Rein in Red Packets
239
7
Conclusion
275
Index
281
vii
LIST OF FIGURES
Fig. 5.1 Fig. 5.2
Payment and responsibility structure in bureaucratic medicine Payment and responsibility structure in a red packet transaction
233 233
ix
LIST OF TABLES
Table 3.1 Table 3.2 Table 3.3 Table 3.4
Number of professional staff of the whole country Number of health organizations and beds of the whole country Healthcare operational budget in the pre-reform era Healthcare capital construction investment in the pre-reform era
107 107 108 108
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CHAPTER 1
Introduction
If the reform of any sector that has ever been claimed a failure by a Chinese central government agency, it was the healt
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