Measurement and explanation of socioeconomic inequality in catastrophic health care expenditure: Evidence from the rural areas of Shaanxi Province

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Xu, Yongjian ^a   Gao, Jianmin ^a   Zhou, Zhongliang ^a   Xue, Qinxiang ^a   Yang, Jinjuan ^a   Luo, Hao ^b   Li, Yanli ^a   Lai, Sha ^a   Chen, Gang ^c  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catastrophic health care expenditure; Decomposition; Out of pocket; Socioeconomic inequality

Indexed keywords

AGED; CHINA; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERMINAL DISEASE;

AGED; CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS; CHINA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84938549791     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-0892-2     Document Type: Article

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