The Research Center for Health Insurance and Health Economics

(1) Historical evolution and summary

The Research Center for Health Insurance and Health Economics of the University of International Business and Economics was established in 2010. It is the first research institution in China that combines health insurance and health economics under the School of Insurance. The center is committed to the research of national medical security policy and health risk management, serving the Healthy China initiative.

After more than ten years of development, with the care of school leaders and strong support of the college, through the joint efforts of all teachers and students, the center has continuously expanded, and has achieved fruitful results in building a strong faculty, teaching and research, academic exchanges, social activities and other aspects. It has grown into a first-class academic think tank in the fields of health insurance, health management, long-term care insurance and health policy in China. The founding director of the Center is Professor Jing Tao, who is currently the doctoral advisor of the School of Insurance. Researchers of the Center have undertaken more than 67 research projects commissioned by the National Natural Science Foundation, the National Social Science Foundation, the Ministry of Education Social Science Fund, the National Healthcare Security Administration, the Beijing Municipal Civil Affairs Bureau and other departments, and published more than 178 articles in various academic journals and current affairs reviews. Some of the center's research, for example, "Return to the Common Sense of Medical Insurance, Cancel Personal Accounts, Realize the Optimization and Sustainable Development of Medical Insurance System", "Solve the Last-Mile Question of Medical Insurance, Promote the Development of Innovative Drugs" were approved by the Chinese premier; " "Improving the Quality of Beijing Elderly Care Workers through Multiple Measures" was approved by the deputy mayor of Beijing. In addition, the Research Center also actively participates in academic conferences at home and abroad. By the end of 2021, the Center has participated in more than 20 international and domestic academic conferences, such as "Academic Exchange of Medical Service Price and Payment Method by University of Gottingen", "International Seminar on Standardization of Elderly Care in Developing Countries", "International Academic Seminar on Family Nursing Work", "Summit Dialogue Forum of Medical Reform and Commercial Health Insurance Leaders", and delivered keynote speeches.

(2) Development orientation and characteristics of the Center

The Research Center for Health Insurance and Health Economics is an academic institution under the School of Insurance specializing in the research of commercial health insurance, social medical insurance, health management, health insurance actuarial, aging and long-term care services and insurance, population, economy, culture and insurance, health promotion and related health policies. it is the first scientific research center combining health insurance with health economics in China. It highlights the cross, integration and interactive relationship between health insurance and medical and health system reform. The center positioning in the international, high starting point, focus on the combination of research and application. Relying on the strong strength of insurance, economics and management disciplines of the School of Insurance and Economics, the Center aims to establish extensive exchanges and cooperation with government administrative departments at all levels, insurance regulatory departments, and domestic and foreign insurance institutions, form development platform of the trinity of industry, education and research, cultivate professional talents for the society, provide management consultation for enterprises, and provide decision-making support for the government. Under the background of the health system reform in our country, the center will always adhere to the method of combining theoretical research with social practice, make full use of the advantages of economics and insurance disciplines, and devote itself to the research of health insurance and health policy. Finally the center will be built into a first-class domestic  research center in the fields of health insurance, health management, long-term care insurance and health policy in China, which has great international influence as well.

(3) Faculty summary

The Research Center for Health Insurance and Health Economics has a teaching and research team with a common vision, reasonable structure of professional titles, education backgrounds, ages, and potential for sustainable development. Currently, the center has six full-time teachers, including three professors, three associate professors, with a 100% doctorate rate. Most of the teachers have overseas study and further study experience, among which two are doctoral supervisors. Research interests cover commercial health insurance, social medical insurance, health management, health insurance actuarial, aging and long-term care services and insurance. The center's teachers have high academic levels, rich professional backgrounds, and excellent teaching achievements. They have won many honors at provincial and ministerial level and university level. The center focuses on team building, stimulating the exchanges between teachers of different research directions. Since its establishment, it has achieved rich scientific research results and completed a number of national, provincial and ministerial level and vertical and horizontal scientific research projects of insurance companies, including 4 national social science projects, 67 projects entrusted by the Ministry of Education, Beijing Social Science and National Health Insurance Administration, among which 18 are vertical and 49 are horizontal. The teachers of the center have published many books, such as Research on Long-term Care Insurance Theory and Practice: Focusing on Long-term Care of the Aging Population, Life and Health Insurance, Long-term Care Insurance, Macro Analysis Report on the Development of Medical Insurance in China and Insurance. The teachers of the center not only have made remarkable achievements in the project application, but also completed a number of influential and high-quality scientific research achievements: they have published a number of academic monographs, translated works, textbooks and even more than 180 papers in journals such as Management World, Financial Research, Shanghai Finance, Economic Review, International Trade Issues, Insurance Research, Chinese Health Policy Research, Population and Economics, among which 65 papers are CSSCI and 5 are SSCI.