Determinants of health care demand in poor, rural China: The case of Gansu Province

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 324-334

  Qian, Dongfu ^a   Pong, Raymond W ^b   Yin, Aitian ^c   Nagarajan, K V ^b   Meng, Qingyue ^c  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Health care seeking behaviour; Health economics; Health policy; Insurance; Rural health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; DECISION MAKING; ELASTICITY; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MODEL; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SELF CARE; TRAVEL; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHINA; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 69049111010     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czp016     Document Type: Article

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