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

• Main Authors: Ye Li (Author), Qunhong Wu (Author), Ling Xu (Author), David Legge (Author), Yanhua Hao (Author), Lijun Gao (Author), Ning Ning (Author), Gang Wan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2012-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: 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...