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Table 1 Basic information about the three health insurance schemes in China

From: The relationship between urban and rural health insurance and the self-rated health of migrant workers in Southwest China

 

UEBMI

URBMI

NCMS

Inception year

1998

2007

2003

Eligible population

Urban employees in formal sectors

Urban residents without formal jobs or who are unemployed: children, students, elderly people

Rural residents

Participation

Mandatory

Voluntary

Voluntary

Enrolment

274.2 million (2013)

299.1 million (2013)

0.80 billion (2013)

Administration

Chinese Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security

Chinese Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security

Chinese National Health Commission

Risk-pooling unit

Municipal level

Municipal level

County level

Source of funding

Contributory (8% of annual payroll: 6% from employers and 2% from employees)

Government subsidies (70%) and individual premiums (30%)

Government subsidies (80%) and individual premiums (20%)

Per capita fund (2013)

US$424.70

US$66.20

US$61.20

Service coverage

Inpatient

Inpatient, catastrophic illness

Inpatient, outpatient

  1. References: Qiu. et al. [8], National Bureau of Statistics [9], Su et al. [10]