Enhancing financial protection under China's social health insurance to achieve universal health coverage

The BMJ

Volumn 365, Issue , 2019, Pages

  Fang, Hai ^a   Eggleston, Karen ^b,c   Hanson, Kara ^d   Wu, Ming ^e  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINA; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL SECURITY;

CHINA; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNIVERSAL HEALTH INSURANCE; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 85067696833     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.l2378     Document Type: Article

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