Wu T, Dai B
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Suny at Buffalo, NY 14214, USA.
J Health Soc Policy. 1996;7(4):81-94. doi: 10.1300/J045v07n04_06.
In this paper we discuss the nature of the medical services and the free medical care programs in urban China, then using the data collected in a large city, we also explored the differences between those covered by a free program and those not in perceived illness, doctor visit, hospital admission, and emergency use. Our findings may show that Chinese experience in medical service use is consistent with the common idea that a free medical care policy could induce greater demand while it also has its own nature.
在本文中，我们讨论了中国城市医疗服务和免费医疗项目的性质，然后利用在一个大城市收集的数据，我们还探讨了免费项目覆盖人群与未覆盖人群在感知疾病、就医、住院和急诊使用方面的差异。我们的研究结果可能表明，中国在医疗服务使用方面的经验与普遍观点一致，即免费医疗政策可能会引发更大的需求，同时它也有其自身的特点。
