Outcome-based health equity across different social health insurance schemes for the elderly in China

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Liu, Xiaoting ^a   Wong, Hung ^b   Liu, Kai ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

China; Elderly; Health equity; Health expenditure; Health outcome; Social health insurance

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EQUITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; REIMBURSEMENT; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL INSURANCE; URBAN POPULATION; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; INSURANCE; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EQUITY; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84954503316     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-016-1261-5     Document Type: Article

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