Payment reform and changes in health care in China

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 111, Issue , 2014, Pages 10-16

  Gao, Chen ^a,b   Xu, Fei ^a,c   Liu, Gordon G ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SIBS Novo Nordisk Translational Research Centre for PreDiabetes   (China)

^c CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Capitation; China; Household survey data; Payment; Policy impact

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; POLICY REFORM;

ARTICLE; CHINA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REIMBURSEMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

CHINA; HUNAN;

CHINA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84899795635     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.03.035     Document Type: Article

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