Dynamics of social health insurance development: Examining the determinants of Chinese basic health insurance coverage with panel data

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 550-558

  Liu, Jun Qiang ^a  

^a SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; Coverage; Social health insurance; State capacity

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; PANEL DATA; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL POLICY;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; DYNAMICS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MEDICAL SERVICE; POLICY; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHINA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; LABOR UNIONS; TAXES; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

CHINA;

EID: 80051785984     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.05.052     Document Type: Article

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