Effects of Public Hospital Reform on Inpatient Expenditures in Rural China

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 421-430

  Zhang, Yuting ^a   Ma, Qianheng ^a   Chen, Yingchun ^b,c   Gao, Hongxia ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Hubei Province Key Research Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

China; healthcare expenditures; public hospital reform

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COST; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INVESTMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPENSITY SCORE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; REIMBURSEMENT; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; INSURANCE; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84959097459     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.3320     Document Type: Article

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