Social health assistance schemes: The case of Medical Financial Assistance for the rural poor in four counties of China

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ma, Xiao ^a   Zhang, Juying ^a   Meessen, Bruno ^b   Decoster, Kristof ^b   Tang, Xiaohui ^a   Yang, Yang ^a   Ren, Xiaohui ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Health assistance scheme; Medical Financial Assistance; poverty; rural China

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; MARKETING; POLICY MAKING; POVERTY; RURAL AREA;

ARTICLE; BUDGET; CHINA; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNDING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS;

CHINA;

EID: 80054099358     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-10-44     Document Type: Article

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