Impact of alternative reimbursement strategies in the new cooperative medical scheme on caesarean delivery rates: A mixed-method study in rural China

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Huang, Kun ^a   Tao, Fangbiao ^a   Bogg, Lennart ^b   Tang, Shenglan ^c  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caesarean delivery; Health insurance; Maternal health services; Reimbursement mechanisms; Rural China

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CESAREAN SECTION; CHINA; COOPERATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REIMBURSEMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHINA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FINANCING, PERSONAL; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84865256185     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-217     Document Type: Article

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