Effects of NCMS on access to care and financial protection in China

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 917-934

  Hou, Zhiyuan ^a   Van De Poel, Ellen ^b   Van Doorslaer, Eddy ^b,c   Yu, Baorong ^a   Meng, Qingyue ^d  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

access; China; financial protection; health insurance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL CARE; NEW COOPERATIVE MEDICAL SCHEME; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; REIMBURSEMENT; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL INSURANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 84903795108     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.2965     Document Type: Article

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