Medical insurance policy organized by Chinese government and the health inequity of the elderly: Longitudinal comparison based on effect of New Cooperative Medical Scheme on health of rural elderly in 22 provinces and cities

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Liang, Ying ^a   Lu, Peiyi ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Basic medical insurance policy; Chinese government; CLHLS; Health; Longitudinal comparison; New Cooperative Medical Scheme; Rural elderly

Indexed keywords

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY MAKING; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL AREA; STATE ROLE;

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; FEAR; FEMALE; FITNESS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INEQUITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; LONELINESS; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOTYPY;

CHINA;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84901693711     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-13-37     Document Type: Article

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