Health care in China: The role of non-government providers

Health Policy

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 212-220

  Liu, Yuanli ^a   Berman, Peter ^a   Yip, Winnie ^a   Liang, Haocai ^b   Meng, Qingyue ^c   Qu, Jiangbin ^c   Li, Zhonghe ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Consumer choice; Non government provider; Private sector; Relative performance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONSUMER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PRIVATIZATION; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33646751457     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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