Suggestions to ameliorate the inequity in urban/rural allocation of healthcare resources in China

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Chen, Yiyi ^a   Yin, Zhou ^b   Xie, Qiong ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG CHINESE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Allocation; Healthcare resources; Inequity; Urban rural gap

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL SERVICES; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; RESOURCE USE; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; URBAN-RURAL MIGRATION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

CHINA;

CHINA; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84900517116     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-13-34     Document Type: Article

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