Assessing equity of healthcare utilization in rural China: Results from nationally representative surveys from 1993 to 2008

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Zhou, Zhongliang ^a   Su, Yanfang ^b   Gao, Jianmin ^a   Campbell, Benjamin ^c   Zhu, Zhengwei ^a   Xu, Ling ^d   Zhang, Yaoguang ^d  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^d BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Concentration index; Inequity; Need predicted healthcare utilization; Need standardized healthcare utilization; Realized healthcare utilization

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATA SET; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; INDEX METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; RURAL AREA; STANDARDIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE SURVEY; OUTPATIENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RURAL AREA; SAMPLE SIZE; STANDARDIZATION; TAX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCOME; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

CHINA;

EID: 84877845806     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-12-34     Document Type: Article

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