Will China's Cooperative Medical System fail again? Insight from farmer satisfaction survey

Health Promotion International

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 251-261

  Chen, Dong ^a   Tang, Kam Ki ^b   Zhao, Lifeng ^a   Zhang, Yuhong ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Farmer's satisfaction; NCMS; Ordered Logit model; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; FARMERS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNCOMPENSATED CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942011549     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dat032     Document Type: Article

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