RCMS (Rural Cooperative Medical System)

Key term for OCR GCSE History A, used in China 1950–1981.

Definition

The collective insurance scheme that funded rural healthcare during the Mao era, which collapsed with de-collectivisation.

Exam Context

RCMS (Rural Cooperative Medical System) appears in OCR GCSE History A revision content for Non-British Depth Studies, especially China 1950–1981 and Communism After Mao 1976–1981.

Non-British Depth Studies China 1950–1981 Communism After Mao 1976–1981

Found in Revision Notes

Non-British Depth Studies

Economic Reform and the Four Modernisations

China 1950–1981 • Communism After Mao 1976–1981

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