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你们好。本学期的第三次学术午餐会将于2010年4月9日（星期五）中午举行，欢迎大家到时参加（详细信息请见邮件后面）。午餐会将会为参加者提供便餐，希望在会上就餐的老师或同学请提前向任艳女士预定（010－62754237）。为了避免浪费，餐食将严格按照事先的预定提供。谢谢。
陈东
主讲人：ake blomqvist (中央财经大学)
时间：2010年4月9日（星期五），12:00-13:30
地点：经济学院大楼219教室
题目： markets, competition and health system reform in china
工作语言：英文
内容摘要：
the out-of-pocket cost to patients of hospital care has risen rapidly in china in the last 25 years. in part this has happened because restrictions on direct or indirect government subsidies to china’s health care providers have given hospitals and doctors increased incentive to raise revenue from the patients they treat. price competition among hospitals has not been strong enough to prevent this incentive from resulting in higher out-of-pocket costs for patients, rather than in more efficient production of health services. in this talk, i discuss the issue whether there are policies that can make market-based competition more effective in keeping health care costs down and increasing the efficiency of the health services sector, or whether the best approach is to return to a health care system directly funded and managed by the state.
背景材料：“direct provider subsidies vs. social health insurance: a compromise proposal”, by jiwei qian and ake blomqvist, in zhao litao and lim tin seng, eds., china`s new social policy: initiatives for a harmonious society, chapter 3, pp. 41-72. singapore: world scientific, 2010. vol. 20 in series on contemporary china.