Utilization of delivery care among rural women in china: Does the health insurance make a difference? a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Xiao, Shengbin ^a   Yan, Hong ^a   Shen, Yuan ^a   Dang, Shaonong ^a   Hemminki, Elina ^b   Wang, Duolao ^c   Long, Qian ^b,d,e   Gao, Jianmin ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; INTERVIEW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; STATE MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149455444     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-695     Document Type: Article

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