Factors affecting catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment from medical expenses in China: policy implications of universal health insurance

• Автори: Ye Li (Автор), Qunhong Wu (Автор), Ling Xu (Автор), David Legge (Автор), Yanhua Hao (Автор), Lijun Gao (Автор), Ning Ning (Автор), Gang Wan (Автор)
• Формат: Книга
• Опубліковано: The World Health Organization, 2012-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Предмети: article
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OBJECTIVE: To assess the degree to which the Chinese people are protected from catastrophic household expenditure and impoverishment from medical expenses and to explore the health system and structural factors influencing the first of these outcomes. METHODS: Data were derived from the Fourth Natio...