The expansion of public health insurance and the demand for private health insurance in rural China

China Economic Review

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-41

  Liu, Hong ^a   Gao, Song ^a   Rizzo, John A ^b  

^a CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

New Cooperative Medical Scheme; Private health insurance; Rural China

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951681013     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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