China's rural-urban care gap shrank for chronic disease patients, but inequities persist

Health Affairs

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2189-2196

  Jian, Weiyan ^a   Chan, Kit Yee ^b   Reidpath, Daniel D ^c   Xu, Ling ^d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79953780678     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2009.0989     Document Type: Article

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