Does the new cooperative medical scheme reduce inequality in catastrophic health expenditure in rural China?

• Hoofdauteurs: Na Guo (Auteur), Tor Iversen (Auteur), Mingshan Lu (Auteur), Jian Wang (Auteur), Luwen Shi (Auteur)
• Formaat: Boek
• Gepubliceerd in: BMC, 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Onderwerpen: article
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Abstract Background In 2003, the New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS) was introduced in China to re-establish health insurance for the country's vast rural population. In addition, the coverage of NCMS has been expanding after the new health care reform launched in 2009. This study aims to exa...