Equity in health care access to: Assessing the urban health insurance reform in China

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1779-1794

  Liu, Gordon G ^a   Zhao, Zhongyun ^b   Cai, Renhua ^c   Yamada, Tetsuji ^d   Yamada, Tadashi ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Health Outcomes Evaluation Group   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Access; China; Equity; Insurance; Reform; Urban health care

Indexed keywords

EQUITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMPIRICISM; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PILOT PROJECTS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

CHINA;

EID: 0036843460     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00306-9     Document Type: Article

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