Perceived need and actual demand for health insurance among rural Chinese residents

China Economic Review

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 373-388

  WANG, H Holly ^a   ROSENMAN, Robert ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health insurance; Logit model; Risk; Rural

Indexed keywords

EID: 36248938658     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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