Disparities in end-of-life care, expenditures, and place of death by health insurance among cancer patients in China: a population-based, retrospective study

• Main Authors: Zhong Li (Author), Peiyin Hung (Author), Ruibo He (Author), Xiaoming Tu (Author), Xiaoming Li (Author), Chengzhong Xu (Author), Fangfang Lu (Author), Pei Zhang (Author), Liang Zhang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Disparities in the utilization, expenditures, and quality of care by insurance types have been well documented. Such comparisons have yet to be investigated in end-of-life (EOL) settings in China, where public insurance covers over 95% of the Chinese population. This study examin...