Who pays for health care in China? The case of heilongjiang province

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Chen, Mingsheng ^a   Zhao, Yuxin ^b   Si, Lei ^c,d  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; TAX; URBAN AREA; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

CHINA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84907494532     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108867     Document Type: Article

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