Rural health prepayment schemes in China: Towards a more active role for government

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 951-960

  Bloom, Gerald ^a   Shenglan, Tang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health finance; Health sector reform; Regulation; Rural health prepayment; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH INSURANCE; RURAL POPULATION; STATE ROLE;

CHINA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; REVIEW; RURAL AREA;

CHINA;

EID: 0033024745     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00395-5     Document Type: Article

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