Can the reform of integrating health insurance reduce inequity in catastrophic health expenditure? Evidence from China

• Main Authors: Jiahui Wang (Author), Hong Zhu (Author), Huan Liu (Author), Ke Wu (Author), Xin Zhang (Author), Miaomiao Zhao (Author), Hang Yin (Author), Xinye Qi (Author), Yanhua Hao (Author), Ye Li (Author), Libo Liang (Author), Mingli Jiao (Author), Jiao Xu (Author), Baohua Liu (Author), Qunhong Wu (Author), Linghan Shan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background China's fragmentation of social health insurance schemes has become a key obstacle that hampers equal access to health care and financial protection. This study aims to explores if the policy intervention Urban and Rural Residents Basic Medical Insurance (URRBMI) scheme, whi...