Rural and urban disparity in health services utilization in China

Medical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 767-774

  Liu, Meina ^a   Zhang, Qiuju ^a   Lu, Mingshan ^b,d   Kwon, Churl Su ^c   Quan, Hude ^b  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c LISTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; Health insurance; Health services; Healthcare system

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHINA; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 34547586035     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3180618b9a     Document Type: Article

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