Income related inequalities in New Cooperative Medical Scheme: A five-year empirical study of Junan County in China

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Yuan, Shasha ^a,b   Rehnberg, Clas ^c   Sun, Xiaojie ^a   Liu, Xiaoyun ^d   Meng, Qingyue ^d  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Concentration index; Income related inequality; Inpatient; Medical service utilization; New Cooperative Medical Scheme; Out of pocket expenditures; Outpatient; Reimbursement

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EQUITY; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES; INCOME; RURAL AREA;

ARTICLE; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT;

CHINA; JUNAN; SHANDONG;

AMBULATORY CARE; CHINA; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LENGTH OF STAY; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84901459722     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-13-38     Document Type: Article

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