Health insurance coverage and its impact on medical cost: Observations from the floating population in China e111555

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Zhao, Yinjun ^a   Kang, Bowei ^b   Liu, Yawen ^c   Li, Yichong ^a   Shi, Guoqing ^d   Shen, Tao ^d   Jiang, Yong ^a   Zhang, Mei ^a   Zhou, Maigeng ^a   Wang, Limin ^a  

^a National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^b China Life Insurance Company   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^d CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH SERVICE; INCOME; INSURANCE; MIGRATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHINA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911440814     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111555     Document Type: Article

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