Community-based health insurance in poor rural China: The distribution of net benefits

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 366-374

  Wang, Hong ^a   Yip, Winnie ^b,e,f   Zhang, Licheng ^c   Wang, Lusheng ^d   Hsiao, William ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^d BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f Taiwan National Health Research Institutes   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

China; Community based health insurance; Equity; Health care utilization; Rural health care

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ASSAY; CHINA; COMMUNITY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HYPOTHESIS; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 27644593396     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czi045     Document Type: Review

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