How and to what extent can pensions facilitate increased use of health services by older people: evidence from social pension expansion in rural China

• Main Authors: Shanquan Chen (Author), Xi Chen (Author), Stephen Law (Author), Henry Lucas (Author), Shenlan Tang (Author), Qian Long (Author), Lei Xue (Author), Zheng Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The proportion of people aged 60 years or over is growing faster than other age groups. Traditionally, retirement has been considered as both a loss to the labour market and an additional economic burden on the nation. More recently, it is widely accepted that retired people can...