Impact of Illness and Medical Expenditure on Household Consumptions: A Survey in Western China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Fang, Kuangnan ^a   Jiang, Yefei ^a   Shia, BenChang ^a,b   Ma, Shuangge ^c  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST OF LIVING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INVESTMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RURAL AREA; SMOKING; WESTERN CHINA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COST OF ILLNESS; DATA COLLECTION; ECONOMICS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871689064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052928     Document Type: Article

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