Catastrophic health expenditures and its inequality in elderly households with chronic disease patients in China

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Wang, Zhonghua ^a   Li, Xiangjun ^b   Chen, Mingsheng ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Catastrophic health expenditures; China; Elderly households; Inequality

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ELDERLY POPULATION; EQUITY; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC PATIENT; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGED; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; TERMINAL DISEASE; VERY ELDERLY;

CHINA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84988920742     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-015-0134-6     Document Type: Article

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