Assessing the effects of the percentage of chronic disease in households on health payment-induced poverty in Shaanxi Province, China

• Main Authors: Xin Lan (Author), Zhongliang Zhou (Author), Yafei Si (Author), Chi Shen (Author), Xiaojing Fan (Author), Gang Chen (Author), Dantong Zhao (Author), Xi Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Chronic disease has become one of the leading causes of poverty in China, which posed heavy economic burden on individuals, households and society, and accounts for an estimated 80% of deaths and 70% of disability-adjusted life-years lost now in China. This study aims to assess t...