Collaborative medical care - gassakuiryo (English spelling)

Japanese: 合作医療 - がっさくいりょう（英語表記）hé zuò yī liáo

One of the medical systems in the People's Republic of China. After liberation, a medical insurance system was established for employees of state agencies and factory workers in China, but the vast majority of the population in rural areas was left to their own devices. In 1957, a production battalion in Guangdong created a system in which each member contributed 1 yuan per year, and the production battalion and the battalion each paid an equivalent amount (for example, 1 yuan each) to provide necessary medical care. This system, called cooperative medical care, spread throughout the country along with the people's commune system, and together with the "barefoot doctors," contributed to maintaining the health of rural residents.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中華人民共和国の医療制度の一つ。解放後の中国では，国家機関従業者と工場労働者には医療保険制ができたが，人口の圧倒的多数の農村は放置された。1957年に広東のある生産大隊で，1隊員年1元を拠出し，生産隊と大隊とがそれぞれ見合う額(たとえば各1元)を出して必要な医療を実施しようとの制度がうまれ，合作医療とよばれた。人民公社制度とともに全国に普及し，〈はだしの医者〉とともに農村住民の健康の保持に貢献した。

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