Abstract The rural Cooperative Medical System (CMS) in China came into existence in the
1950s. Along with the development of the collective economy of agriculture and the …

The Cooperative Medical System (CMS) in China is an established medical system that
serves the rural areas and provides treatment and prevention of disease, immunization …

During the 1960's and 1970's the Chinese government encouraged therural cooperative
medical systems'(RCMS), in order to ensure access to basic health care among the rural …

Improvements in rural health care in China in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s were largely due
to the development of cooperative medical schemes (CMSs) and the establishment of a …

The Cooperative Medical Scheme (CMS) was popular in rural China in the 1960s and
1970s, having garnered praise from the World Bank and World Health Organization as an …

The Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme (RCMS) dates back to late 1950s, during the time of
collective economy in rural China. The schemes were financed at the village and commune …

Problem During China's transition to a market economy in the 1980s and 1990s, the rural
population faced substantial barriers to accessing health care and encountered heavier …

Based on a survey conducted by our research team at the Chinese Academy of Social
Sciences, the present paper reports on the development of China's new rural cooperative …

Abstract The Cooperative Medical System (CMS) and its barefoot doctors have been in
decline in rural China for nearly a decade. In order to explore the reasons for this, in 1987 …

Ever since the collapse of the once successful Rural Cooperative Medical System (RCMS)
in the early 1980s, when China transformed its system of collective agricultural production to …