Urban health insurance reform and coverage in China using data from National Health Services Surveys in 1998 and 2003

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Xu, Ling ^a   Wang, Yan ^b   Collins, Charles D ^c   Tang, Shenglan ^b  

^a BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Independent Activist and Academic   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COST CONTROL; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; INSURANCE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; REIMBURSEMENT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COST CONTROL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33947277884     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-7-37     Document Type: Article

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