Willingness to pay for social health insurance among informal sector workers in Wuhan, China: A contingent valuation study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Bärnighausen, Till ^a,b   Liu, Yuanli ^b   Zhang, Xinping ^c   Sauerborn, Rainer ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVERSION; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTINGENT VALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIGRATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; REIMBURSEMENT; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL INSURANCE; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERMINAL DISEASE; URBAN AREA; WORKER; ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE;

ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE;

EID: 35949003184     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-7-114     Document Type: Article

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