Utilisation, contents and costs of prenatal care under a rural health insurance (New Co-operative Medical System) in rural China: Lessons from implementation

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Long, Qian ^a,c,d   Zhang, Tuohong ^b   Hemminki, Elina ^c   Tang, Xiaojun ^d   Huang, Kun ^e   Xiao, Shengbin ^f   Tolhurst, Rachel ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958590070     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-301     Document Type: Article

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