Whether New Cooperative Medical Schemes Reduce the Economic Burden of Chronic Disease in Rural China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Jing, Shanshan ^a   Yin, Aitian ^a   Shi, Lizheng ^b   Liu, Jinan ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REIMBURSEMENT; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; ALGORITHM; COMMUNITY CARE; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH; HEALTH INSURANCE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872237046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053062     Document Type: Article

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