Extending health insurance to the rural population: An impact evaluation of China's new cooperative medical scheme

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-19

  Wagstaff, Adam ^a   Lindelow, Magnus ^a   Jun, Gao ^b   Ling, Xu ^b   Juncheng, Qian ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

China; Cooperative medical scheme; Health insurance; Impact evaluation

Indexed keywords

HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH POLICY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHINA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS; YOUNG ADULT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 58149468392     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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